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Bêtes Noires Sorcery as History in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands
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ArtikelUtgivningsinformation: Durham, North Carolina, USA Duke University Press 2025Beskrivning: 1 electronic resource (356 p.)Innehållstyp: - text
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- online resource
- 9781478029359
- 9781478032786
- 9781478061564
- 9781478094401
- Society and Social Sciences
- Sociology and anthropology
- Anthropology
- Bacás
- Clément Barbot
- Dominican Republic
- Haiti
- Haitian Vodou
- Hispaniola
- Rafael Trujillo
- Vodú
- bovine bacá stories
- capitalist extractivism
- conjuring
- cross border trade
- devil pact tales
- feral animals
- fukú
- history of trauma
- hunting economy
- shapeshifting sorcery
- spirit creatures
- spirit demons
- subsistence agriculture
- supernatural assault
- supernatural beasts
- swine flu
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Lauren Derby explores storytelling traditions between the people of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, focusing on shapeshifting spirit demons called baka/bacá as a way to reckon with a shared history of enslavement, colonialism, and exploitation.
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