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The Serpent & The Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey Into The Secret Society Of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis and Ma

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The Serpent & The Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey Into The Secret Society Of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis and Ma

by DAVIS, Wade

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Remainder Mark. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

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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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Title
The Serpent & The Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey Into The Secret Society Of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis and Ma
Author
DAVIS, Wade
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Hardcover
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1985
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