| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 452 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Prelude 01142007; Martinique 01012000; The Soldier's Charm 0000800; Sea Gods 00000000; Dúnguláli-Óbia 00000000; The Beach at Cock's Crow 04092000; Night of the Cats 06212000; End of the Road 06202000; Tooy Possessed 2000/2006; Enstoolment 06302001; Mother Africa 1690/1712; New World Beginnings 1712; The Pink House 05081986/06071997; Gweyúnga, the Rain Priest 1690/1754; Antamá at War 01201753; The Soldier's Tale 10051939; Thunder Axes 00000000; Master of the House 06222000; Storm Clouds 07082001; Sex, Magic, and Murder 06212001/1754; Friction 05242000/07062004 |
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Sángono mi tóala! 1760/1763The Namesake 1848/1931; Frenchwoman's Revenge 1920/2005; Tampáki 1900/2005; Palimpsests 1604/1837/1841/1863/2001; Antamá the Óbia-Man 1771/1800; Chronology 1933/1970; My First-Time Museum 1690/2007; The Trial 02202002; Grounds for Appeal? 02202002/03012002; The Prison 02202002/06022003; The Wetlands at Kaw 07152004; Tembái's Village 1981/05282005; Fleeing Trumps Standing 04182005/05302005; Politics 04182005/05302005; Tooy Teaching I-Mostly Luángu and Púmbu 04182005/05302005; Tooy Teaching II-Mostly Papá 04182005/05302005 |
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Tooy Teaching III-Komantí, Wénti, and More 04182005/05302005Dúnuyángi Takes Over 04182005/05302005; Goodbyes 05302005; Knocking the Stone 11142005/12142005; Reflections from the Verandah 01012007; Coda: Esoteric Language; Dramatis Personae; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Illustration Credits |
| Summary |
35 years into his research in South America, Richard Price ecountered Tooy, a priest, philosopher and healer living in a shantytown on the outskirts of Cayenne, French Guiana. With a blend of storytelling and scholarship, 'Travels with Tooy' recounts the mutually enlightening and mind-expanding journeys of these two intellectuals |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-446) |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Alexander, Tooy
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Alexander, Tooy |
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Saramacca (Surinamese people) -- Biography
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Saramacca (Surinamese people) -- Rites and ceremonies
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Saramacca (Surinamese people) -- Relocation -- French Guiana -- Cayenne Region
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Shamanism -- French Guiana -- Cayenne Region
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HISTORY.
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Manners and customs
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Saramacca (Surinamese people)
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Shamanism
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Cayenne Region (French Guiana) -- Religious life and customs
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Cayenne Region (French Guiana) -- Social life and customs
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French Guiana -- Cayenne Region
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007011573 |
| ISBN |
9780226680576 |
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0226680576 |
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1282537954 |
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9781282537958 |
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9786612537950 |
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6612537957 |
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