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The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Society of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis and Magic
de Wade Davis
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671502476
- ISBN 13
- 9780671502478
- Librería
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Gig Harbor, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Simon and Schuster, 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 297pp. VG copy in mylar-protected dust jacket..
Sinopsis
In April 1982, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis -- people who had reappeared in Haitian society years after they had been officially declared dead and had been buried. Drawn into a netherworld of rituals and celebrations, Davis penetrated the vodoun mystique deeply enough to place zombification in its proper context within vodoun culture. In the course of his investigation, Davis came to realize that the story of vodoun is the history of Haiti -- from the African origins of its people to the successful Haitian independence movement, down to the present day, where vodoun culture is, in effect, the government of Haiti's countryside. The Serpent and the Rainbow combines anthropological investigation with a remarkable personal adventure to illuminate and finally explain a phenomenon that has long fascinated Americans.
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- Librería
- Veronica's Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 050392
- Título
- The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Society of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis and Magic
- Autor
- Wade Davis
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671502476
- ISBN 13
- 9780671502478
- Editorial
- Simon and Schuster
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1985
- Palabras clave
- SHAMANISM ZOMBIES LIFE AFTER DEATH PSYCHIC PHENOMENA VOODOO HAITI MAGIC
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Shamanism;
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Veronica's Books
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Sobre Veronica's Books
Specializing in used, rare, & out-of-print books on UFOs, Occult, New Age, Alternative Health, and all areas of Metaphysical research.
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