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Author Hebblethwaite, Benjamin, author.

Title A transatlantic history of Haitian Vodou : Rasin Figuier, Rasin Bwa Kayiman, and the Rada and Gede Rites / Benjamin Hebblethwaite
Published Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 259 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction: Rada and Gede in transatlantic history -- The African political roots of Haitian Vodou: the Aja-Fon and Gedevi-Yoruba kingdoms and the slave trade -- The African spiritual roots of Haitian Vodou: the religious cultures of the Aja-Fon and Gedevi-Yoruba -- The Rada Rite in Haiti: Rasin Figuier's Vodou Lakay -- The Gede Rite in Haiti: Rasin Bwa Kayiman's Guede -- Chains and rainbows over the Atlantic
Summary "Connecting four centuries of political, social, and religious history with fieldwork and language documentation, A transatlantic history of Haitian Vodou analyzes Haitian Vodou's African origins, transmission to Saint-Domingue, and promulgation through song in contemporary Haiti. Split into two sections, the African chapters focus on history, economics, and culture in Dahomey, Allada, and Hueda while scrutinizing the role of Europeans in fomenting tensions. The Haitian chapters focus on Vodou's Rada Rite (from Allada) and Gede Rite (from Abomey) through the songs of Rasin Figuier's Vodou Lakay and Rasin Bwa Kayiman's Guede, legendary rasin compact discs released on Jean Altidor's Miami label, "Mass Konpa Records." All the Vodou songs on the discs are analyzed with a method dubbed "Vodou hermeneutics" that harnesses history, religious studies, linguistics, literary criticism, and ethnomusicology in order to advance a scholarly approach to Vodou songs"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and discography
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 24, 2021)
Subject Rasin Bwa Kayiman (Musical group)
Rasin Figuier (Musical group)
Vodou music -- Haiti -- History and criticism
Vodou music -- Social aspects -- Haiti
Vodou -- Haiti -- Rites and ceremonies
Vodou -- Haiti
Rada (Vodou rite)
Vodou -- Haiti -- Rituals
Hueda (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Caribbean & Latin American Studies.
RELIGION / History.
MUSIC / Ethnomusicology
Vodou -- Rituals
Vodou music
Vodou
Rada (Vodou rite)
Manners and customs
SUBJECT Haiti -- Religious life and customs
Haiti -- Social life and customs
Benin -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013179
Allada (Benin) -- History
Abomey (Benin) -- History
Subject Haiti
Benin -- Allada
Benin -- Abomey
Benin
Genre/Form History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021022940
ISBN 9781496835628
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