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Voodoo queen : the spirited lives of Marie Laveau /
Each year, thousands of pilgrims visit the celebrated New Orleans tomb where Marie Laveau is said to lie. They seek her favors or fear her lingering influence. Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau is the first study of the Laveaus, mother and daughter of the same name. Both were legendar...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
©2004.
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| Colección: | Black women writers series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Who in heaven or hell, Africa or France, was Marie Leveau?
- Catholic in the morning, voodoo by night
- Working wife, widow, mistress, and voodoo divorce
- Marie Laveau brings the New Orleans Saints to town
- Color schemes and protection policies on St. Ann Street
- Freedom la mode, la Marie
- Life in the cities of the dead
- At the altar of love and luck
- Madame Laveau's prayers, poisons, and political pull
- How John, the Devil, and Mam'zelle Marie hoodooed the media
- A tale of two sisters
- The last queen of the voodoos returns from the dead
- Postscript : events in the lives of the Marie Laveaus
- At the end : recognition and respect.