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McAlister, Elizabeth A.

Rara! : vodou, power, and performance in Haiti and its diaspora / Elizabeth McAlister. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2002. - xviii, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-246), discography (p. 246-248), videography (p. 248), and index.

Introducing rara -- Work and play, pleasure and performance -- Vulgarity and the politics of the small man -- Mystical work : spirits on parade -- Rara and "the Jew" : premodern anti-Judaism in postmodern Haiti -- Rara as popular army : hierarchy, militarism, and warfare -- Voices under domination : rara and the politics of insecurity -- Rara in New York City : transnational popular culture.

ISBN: 0520228227 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2001005016

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA2-Y2508

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Rara Festival--Songs and music--History and criticism.
Voodoo music--History and criticism.--Haiti
Folk music--History and criticism.--Haiti
Folk songs, Creole--History and criticism.--Haiti
Haiti--Social life and customs--20th century.
Haiti--Social conditions--1971-
Rara (Fãete)--Histoire et critique.--Chants et musique
Musique vaudoue--Histoire et critique.--Haiti
Musique folklorique--Histoire et critique.--Haiti
Chansons folkloriques crâeoles--Histoire et critique.--Haiti
Haiti--Moeurs et coutumes--20e siecle.
CEH
Colección Estudios Haitianos

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Haiti--Conditions sociales--1971-

LC Class. No.: 110 ML 3565 / M478r 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 784.4/97294