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- catalog abstract ""Katherine Dunham began her love affair with Haiti during her first visit in 1936 as a graduate researcher in dance and anthropology. Island Possessed reconnects her with this love, bringing to life personal sketches of political figures, market women, peasants, children, even gods. Dunham tells how the island came to be possessed by the demons of voodoo and other cults imported from various parts of Africa, as well as by the deep class divisions and the political hatred still very much in evidence today."--Back cover.".
- catalog contributor b6421061.
- catalog coverage "Haiti Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description ""Katherine Dunham began her love affair with Haiti during her first visit in 1936 as a graduate researcher in dance and anthropology. Island Possessed reconnects her with this love, bringing to life personal sketches of political figures, market women, peasants, children, even gods. Dunham tells how the island came to be possessed by the demons of voodoo and other cults imported from various parts of Africa, as well as by the deep class divisions and the political hatred still very much in evidence today."--Back cover.".
- catalog extent "viii, 280 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0226171132 (pbk. : acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "Haiti Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Haiti.".
- catalog subject "972.94 20".
- catalog subject "Dance Anthropological aspects Haiti.".
- catalog subject "F1916 .D8 1994".
- catalog subject "Vodou.".
- catalog subject "Voodooism.".
- catalog title "Island possessed / Katherine Dunham.".
- catalog type "text".