MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01917cam a22003494a 4500
001 2001005016
003 DLC
005 20121116080921.0
008 010815s2002 caua bkq s001 0 eng
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050 00 $aML3565$b.M384 2002
082 00 $a394.265/96897294$221
100 1 $aMcAlister, Elizabeth A.
245 10 $aRara! :$bvodou, power, and performance in Haiti and its diaspora /$cElizabeth McAlister.
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$c2002.
300 $axviii, 259 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm. +$e1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-246), discography (p. 246-248), videography (p. 248), and index.
505 0 $aIntroducing 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.
650 0 $aRara Festival$xSongs and music$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aVodou music$zHaiti$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aFolk music$zHaiti$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aFolk songs, Creole$zHaiti$xHistory and criticism.
651 0 $aHaiti$xSocial life and customs$y20th century.
651 0 $aHaiti$xSocial conditions$y1971-
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal052/2001005016.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ucal041/2001005016.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/2001005016.html