The book was cited as a wellknown ethnography of NewYork voodoo practice, written after the author lived with MamaLola.
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I think of the example of a very famous book called Mama Lola, or Mama Lola, excuse me, by Karen McCarthy Brown, which is an ethnology looking at voodoo practice in a very specific house in New York d...
— Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 207
Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 207
The book was cited as a wellknown ethnography of NewYork voodoo practice, written after the author lived with MamaLola.
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I think of the example of a very famous book called Mama Lola, or Mama Lola, excuse me, by Karen McCarthy Brown, which is an ethnology looking at voodoo practice in a very specific house in New York during a time period.
This book was mentioned as having opened up the subject of Vodou in the scholarly world; it contained stories about Mama Lola's experiences with spirits, including one involving a deity associated with sex, death, and humor.
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You know, another book about Wudu that I think opened this subject up in the scholarly world here was Karen McCarthy Brown's book, Mama Lola about the Wudu priestess in Brooklyn.
— Episode: [Unedited] Patrick Bellegarde-Smith with...
Episode: [Unedited] Patrick Bellegarde-Smith with Krista Ti...
This book was mentioned as having opened up the subject of Vodou in the scholarly world; it contained stories about Mama Lola's experiences with spirits, including one involving a deity associated with sex, death, and humor.
"
You know, another book about Wudu that I think opened this subject up in the scholarly world here was Karen McCarthy Brown's book, Mama Lola about the Wudu priestess in Brooklyn.
Episode: Patrick Bellegarde-Smith — Living Vodou
This book, written by anthropologist Karen McCarthy Brown, focuses on a Voodoo priestess in Brooklyn's Haitian community and recounts dramatic Voodoo gatherings and experiences of being ridden by spirits.
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The Drew University anthropologist Karen McCarthy Brown helped bring serious study of Haitian voodoo to Western scholars with her 1991 book, Mama Lola about a voodoo priestess in Brooklyn's Haitian community.
Episode: [Unedited] Patrick Bellegarde-Smith with Krista Ti...
This book was mentioned as having opened up the subject of Vodou in the scholarly world. It contains stories about Mama Lola's experiences of being ridden by spirits.
"
Another book about Wudu that I think opened this subject up in the scholarly world here was Karen McCarthy Brown's book, Mama Lola about the Wudu priestess in Brooklyn.
Episode: Patrick Bellegarde-Smith — Living Vodou
This 1991 book, written by Drew University anthropologist Karen McCarthy Brown, seriously studied Haitian Voodoo through the lens of Mama Lola, a Voodoo priestess in Brooklyn's Haitian community, recounting dramatic gatherings and experiences of being ridden by spirits.
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Karen McCarthy Brown helped bring serious study of Haitian voodoo to Western scholars with her 1991 book, Mama Lola about a voodoo priestess in Brooklyn's Haitian community.
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