Tell my horse : voodoo and life in Haiti and Jamaica / Zora Neale Hurston ; with a new foreword by Ishmael Reed ; series editor: Henry Louis Gates.

Author
Hurston, Zora Neale [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition
Published/​Created
  • New York : Harper Perennial, 2009.
  • ©1990
Description
viii, 311, 16 pages : illustrations, music ; 21 cm

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    Summary note
    The author recounts her experiences as an initiate into the voodoo practices of Haiti and Jamaica in the 1930s.
    Notes
    • "With an afterword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr."--Cover.
    • "P.S. insights, interviews & more ..."--Cover.
    • Originally published in hardcover: J.B. Lippincott, ©1938. First Perennial Library edition published, 1990.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-304).
    Contents
    • pt. I. Jamaica. The rooster's nest
    • Curry goat
    • Hunting the wild hog
    • Night song after death
    • Women in the Caribbean
    • pt. II. Politics and personalities of Haiti. Rebirth of a nation
    • The next hundred years
    • The black Joan of Arc
    • Death of Leconte
    • pt. III. Voodoo in Haiti. Voodoo and voodoo gods
    • Isle de la Gonave
    • Archahaie and what it means
    • Zombies
    • Secte rouge
    • Parlay cheval ou (tell my horse)
    • Graveyard dirt and other poisons
    • Doctor Reser
    • God and the Pintards
    • Appendix. Songs of worship to voodoo gods
    • Miscellaneous songs.
    Other title(s)
    Voodoo and life in Haiti and Jamaica
    ISBN
    • 9780061695131 ((pbk.))
    • 0061695130 ((pbk.))
    OCLC
    232977323
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