Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau
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- Synopsis
- Each year, thousands of pilgrims visit the tomb of Marie Laveau in New Orleans. In this old city she and her curse long have ruled the imagination. She has been conjured in dance, drumming, song, and necromancy. With dread and fierce affection, her celebrants ask for her favors and fearfully revere her enduring authority as "the Voodoo Queen." Who was Marie Laveau? This book about her mysterious life, magical deeds, and pervasive power recounts that there were two historical figures by this name, a mother and a daughter. They were free women of color, prominent French-speaking Catholic Creoles, and legendary leaders of a religious and spiritual tradition that orthodox faiths label as evil. From the 1820s until the 1880s, when one Marie died and the other disappeared, a mixture of gossip and devotion swirled about them.
- Copyright:
- 2004
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 247 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781578066292
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 09/01/08
- Copyrighted By:
- Martha Ward
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality
- Submitted By:
- Jamie Yates
- Proofread By:
- Amber W
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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