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published
February 28th 1990
(first published 1981)
by Harper Perennial
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Paperback, 336 pages
isbn
0060916494
(isbn13: 9780060916497)
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As a first-hand account of the weird mysteries and horrors of voodoo, Tell My Horse is an invaluable resource and fascinating guide. Based on Zora Nea
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I thought this had been out of print, but I found it just today. Hurston's account of Voudou as practiced in Haiti is supposed to be a terrific view from inside of the religion. I'm already engrossed by this book. I hope it continues to be this good!
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Read in December, 2008
Very interesting book. A first of its kind by way of anthropological forays into voodoo traditions in Haiti & Jamaica, but still there was a slight sense of U.S. paternalism even in Hurston's analysis. Surprising, but also interesting.
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Read in September, 2007
A really fun travelogue and account of Jamaica and Haiti, with flashes of Hurston's signature satiric wit and stunning metaphoric imagery. It's messier than her others--it feel patched-together and you can sense the tension between the anthropologist and and the novelist. Above all, I think by the end, it becomes a wonderful narrative of how Hurston managed to forge a way for herself as an early anthropologist and navigate cultural and gender barrier with grace and wit.
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A first-hand account of the mysteries and horrors of voodoo. Based on Zora Neale Hurston's personal experiences in Haiti and Jamaica, where she participated as an initiate rather than just an observer of voodoo practices during her visits in the 1930s, this travelogue into a dark world paints a vividly authentic picture of ceremonies and customs and superstitions of great cultural interest.
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Read in February, 2009
This book is the fruit of Hurston's research on Vodou and folklore in Haiti. It is fascinating ... I read it in high school and now reading it again. Really interesting ... she hypothesizes about what is used to make zombis, which was later confirmed by Wade Davis in his research approximately 40 years later.
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Read in September, 2008
Very interesting read. Strange, unusual- right up my aisle of favored books.
It also pissed me off to read about the treatment of women by men in the Carribean, yeah call me a typical american woman I don't care. It sets my soul on fire to see any man thinking a woman is beneath him.
It also pissed me off to read about the treatment of women by men in the Carribean, yeah call me a typical american woman I don't care. It sets my soul on fire to see any man thinking a woman is beneath him.
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Read in July, 2008
I love stories about Caribbean life. Even better, this book gives an interesting account of Hurston's time with the people of these two islands. They showed her things that many of us would never be allowed to witness.
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Read in January, 2008
definitely a good read if you're curious about voodoo practices. haiti and jamaica are by far and away much more interesting places in regards to religion than our great country...
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Read in January, 2002
My friend J, talked about this book for a long time.....he was excited by the ritals she experienced...she was so deep and misunderstood...I love her
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Read in January, 1991
Zora Neale Hurston was an anthropologist as well as a writer. This book is an account of her initiation into voodoo in the early twentieth century.
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Hurston was doing these fabulous anthropological studies before everyone got hip to the game. Such a brillant womyn!
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This book would have probably have more stars from me if it hadn't scared the bejeebies out of me. Zombies!
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completely ahead of her time, self conscious and embodied-postmodern as modernity was just becoming.
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Very illuminating view of Jamaican and Hatian society and beliefs from a mid-20th Century point of view.
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03/27/07
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Its in my car but I'm a little backed up on other books now.
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