Istwa across the water : Haitian history, memory, and the cultural imagination / Toni Pressley-Sanon.
Drawing on the belief system of Vodou, this project is anchored by three theoretical concepts: tidalectics, a term for the repetitive back-and-forth movement of the ocean, symbolizing ritual, balance, and cyclical unity; Marasa, or twinning, a principle of Vodou in which fragmented parts strive for...
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| Language: | English |
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
[2017]
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Norlin Library - Stacks
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F1921 .P93 2017
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| F1921 .P93 2017 | Available Place a Hold |