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- catalog abstract ""This discussion of the cult of the Virgin Mary in Haiti is the fruit of one of the most extensive ethnographical studies on religion yet conducted in the Caribbean. Rey reveals the differences between the Marian devotion of the Haitian poor and that of the Haitian elite, explains the forces that shape and underlie these differences, and explores the phenomena of Marian symbols, beliefs and practices with their correspondents in Haitian Vodou."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11184372.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""This discussion of the cult of the Virgin Mary in Haiti is the fruit of one of the most extensive ethnographical studies on religion yet conducted in the Caribbean. Rey reveals the differences between the Marian devotion of the Haitian poor and that of the Haitian elite, explains the forces that shape and underlie these differences, and explores the phenomena of Marian symbols, beliefs and practices with their correspondents in Haitian Vodou."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-357) and index.".
- catalog description "Rattles and crosses, sugar and pain: history and structure of the Haitian religious field -- Theological and sociological interpretations of the Virgin Mary -- The history of Haitian Marianism -- The promiscuous Virgin: the symbiosis of Mary and Azili -- The Marianism of the Haitian poor -- The Marian devotion of the Haitian elite -- Stones, water, sun, and fireflies: a brief conclusion.".
- catalog extent "x, 362 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Our lady of class struggle.".
- catalog identifier "0865436940".
- catalog identifier "0865436959 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Our lady of class struggle.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press,".
- catalog relation "Our lady of class struggle.".
- catalog spatial "Haiti.".
- catalog subject "306.6/3291/097294 21".
- catalog subject "BT652.H2 R48 1999".
- catalog subject "Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint Devotion to Haiti.".
- catalog subject "Religion and sociology Haiti.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Rattles and crosses, sugar and pain: history and structure of the Haitian religious field -- Theological and sociological interpretations of the Virgin Mary -- The history of Haitian Marianism -- The promiscuous Virgin: the symbiosis of Mary and Azili -- The Marianism of the Haitian poor -- The Marian devotion of the Haitian elite -- Stones, water, sun, and fireflies: a brief conclusion.".
- catalog title "Our lady of class struggle : the cult of the Virgin Mary in Haiti / Terry Rey.".
- catalog type "text".