| Description |
1 online resource (x, 201 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Contemporary ethnography |
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Contemporary ethnography.
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| Contents |
Touring the Forbidden -- Receiving the Forest -- Secrecy, Objects, and Expanding Markets -- Belief, Efficacy, and Transnationalism -- Global Vodún, Diversity, and Looking Ahead |
| Summary |
"Timothy R. Landry examines the connections between local Vodún priests and spiritual seekers who travel to Bénin--some for the snapshot, others for full-fledged initiation into the religion. He argues that the ways in which the Vodún priests and tourists negotiate the transfer of confidential, sacred knowledge create its value. The more secrecy that surrounds Vodún ritual practice and material culture, the more authentic, coveted, and, consequently, expensive that knowledge becomes. Landry writes as anthropologist and initiate, having participated in hundreds of Vodún ceremonies, rituals, and festivals." -- Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 15, 2018) |
| Subject |
Vodou -- Economic aspects -- Benin -- History -- 21st century
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Secrecy -- Religious aspects -- Vodou.
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Control (Psychology) -- Religious aspects -- Vodou.
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Tourism -- Benin -- History -- 21st century
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Tourism -- Religious aspects.
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Ethnology -- Benin.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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Secrecy -- Religious aspects -- Vodou.
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Control (Psychology) -- Religious aspects -- Vodou.
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Ethnology.
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Tourism.
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Tourism -- Religious aspects.
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Geheimhaltung
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Religionsanthropologie
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Religionsausübung
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Tourismus
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Weitergabe
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Wissen.
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Wodu
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Benin.
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Benin
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780812295634 |
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0812295633 |
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