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Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica by: Zora Neale Hurston List Price: CDN$ 16.50 Price: CDN$ 10.05 You Save: CDN$6.45 (39%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 299.67 EAN: 9780060916497 ISBN: 0060916494 Label: HarperCollins Canada / Fiction Manufacturer: HarperCollins Canada / Fiction Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: February 01, 1990 Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Fiction Studio: HarperCollins Canada / Fiction Sales Rank: 227231 Browse for similar items by category:
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 Rating:  - Great but datedA highly influential book on vodou in its day and worth buying still as an historical document, but now rather dated in terms of information. A good book to accompany this would be Vodou Shaman by Ross Heaven, which brings the whole subject area truly up to date. Rating:  - Really entertaining !!The writing of Zora Neale Hurston is fine. The content of the book is, in his second part, is a "first hand" experience of what voodoo was in 1930. This is therefore a classical and valuable source of knowledge. Interesting enough, Zora Neale Hurston took probably part at various voodoo initiations, and we would have been interested to know more about her experiences, feelings, philosophical and religious insights. Unfortunately for us, she respected the "secret de l'arcane" which characterizes most of the so called esoteric societies. There is also hope for Haïti in this book, but it demonstrates also the power of USA to bring some kind of mismatch in the political affairs and economic life of a poor and very small country. ... Read More: Rating: - Engaging reading, fantastic storiesReading this book is like travelling along with Ms. Neale Hurston as she explores life in Haiti. You will meet fanscinating and intriguing people. The practices and beliefs are explained in just enough detail to make you feel like you were there, but all the mystery is retained as even the author is unable to explain or understand the depth of experience and strength of beliefs held by the native Haitians. Finding non-fiction that reads like a novel is a rare and wonderful treasure. Rating:  - Interesting, but not a real ethnographyMake no mistake, this is a travelogue, not an ethnography in the traditional sense. Hurston, who was a voodoo priestess of a high order herself, was too immersed in the culture to really view it objectively, which is necessary for any anthropologist. That said, it's still a very interesting read and certainly emphasizes the fact that voudon is a valid religion and not a set of superstitions. However, I'm puzzled as to why Ismael Reed (himself an accomplished writer) is listed as a credit. Did he write the introduction? Because he didn't write this book. Hurston wrote it. She traveled to Haiti by herself in the 30s to investigate this. It was not written by Reed. Rating: - It Will Change Your RealityIf this book was fiction I would call it one of the most imaginative books I have ever read, but it's real. It is scary, unbelievably deep, and true. A wonderful anthropological gathering of stories, ceremonies , and everyday life. Let me wash my face with Jalapeno rum if I'm not telling the truth about this book being great. You can tell my horse. |
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