The Serpent and the Rainbow
by Davis. Wade
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0671502476
- ISBN 13
- 9780671502478
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Synopsis
In April 1982, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis -- people who had reappeared in Haitian society years after they had been officially declared dead and had been buried. Drawn into a netherworld of rituals and celebrations, Davis penetrated the vodoun mystique deeply enough to place zombification in its proper context within vodoun culture. In the course of his investigation, Davis came to realize that the story of vodoun is the history of Haiti -- from the African origins of its people to the successful Haitian independence movement, down to the present day, where vodoun culture is, in effect, the government of Haiti's countryside. The Serpent and the Rainbow combines anthropological investigation with a remarkable personal adventure to illuminate and finally explain a phenomenon that has long fascinated Americans.
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- 7725
- Title
- The Serpent and the Rainbow
- Author
- Davis. Wade
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671502476
- ISBN 13
- 9780671502478
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- BZDB185 Science & Technology; Botany; Haiti; ISBN: 0671502476 EAN: 9780671502478 Davis. Wade The Serpent and the Rainbow
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