On African origins: Creolization and connaissance in Haitian Vodou

American Ethnologist

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 233-260

  Apter, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African diaspora; Creolization; Hermeneutics; Race and class; Secrecy; Vodou

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038740485     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2002.29.2.233     Document Type: Review

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