The mysterious voodoo queen, Marie Laveaux : a study of powerful female leadership in nineteenth-century New Orleans / Ina Johanna Fandrich.
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TextSeries: Studies in African American history and culturePublisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 329 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - 9781135872922
- 1135872929
- 9780203942628
- 0203942620
- 9781135872915
- 1135872910
- 9781135872878
- 1135872872
- Laveau, Marie, 1794-1881
- Laveau, Marie, 1794-1881
- Vodou -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century
- New Orleans (La.) -- Religious life and customs
- African American women -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions
- Vaudou -- Louisiane -- La Nouvelle-Orléans -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Noires américaines -- Louisiane -- La Nouvelle-Orléans -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism
- RELIGION -- Comparative Religion
- African American women -- Social conditions
- Social conditions
- Vodou
- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- 1800-1899
- 299.6/75/092 B 23
- BL2490 .F53 2016eb
- online - EBSCO
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Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online | online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Online access | Not for loan (Accesso limitato) | Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users | (ebsco)1233885 |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 18, 2016).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-321) and index.
Introduction -- The African cultural and religious roots of voodoo -- New Orleans' free women of color -- New Orleans' voodoo women -- The historical Marie Laveaux -- The mythical Marie Laveaux -- Conclusion: the politics of myth-making.
English.