Rey, Terry.

Our lady of class struggle : the cult of the Virgin Mary in Haiti / Terry Rey. - Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c1999. - x, 362 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-357) and index.

Rattles and crosses, sugar and pain: history and structure of the Haitian religious field -- Theological and sociological interpretations of the Virgin Mary -- The history of Haitian Marianism -- The promiscuous Virgin: the symbiosis of Mary and Azili -- The Marianism of the Haitian poor -- The Marian devotion of the Haitian elite -- Stones, water, sun, and fireflies: a brief conclusion.

0865436940 9780865436947 0865436959 (pbk.) 9780865436954 (pbk.)

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Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint --Devotion to--Haiti.
Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ --Cult--Haiti.


Religion and sociology--Haiti.
CEH
Coleccion Estudios Haitianos
Mariaverering.

110 BT 652 / R456o 1999

306.6/3291/097294