Possession, ecstasy, and law in Ewe voodoo

Author(s)

• Rosenthal, Judy

Bibliographic Information

Possession, ecstasy, and law in Ewe voodoo

Judy Rosenthal

University Press of Virginia, 1998

• : cloth
• : pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-274) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Records the results of the author's 11-year study of Gorovodo, the voodoo practised by West Africa's Ewe populations of coastal Ghana, Togo and Benin. The work represents an ethnography of spirit possession that focuses on law and morality in ""medicine voodoo"" orders.

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Details

• NCID: BA43355293
• ISBN:
  • 0813918049
  • 0813918057
• LCCN: 98009396
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Charlottesville
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 282 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BL2480.E96
  • DC21 : 299/.675
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Ewe (African people) -- Religion
  • LCSH : Spirit possession -- Africa, West
  • LCSH : Ecstasy -- Africa, West
  • LCSH : Law, Ewe
  • LCSH : Ghana -- Religion
  • LCSH : Togo -- Religion
  • LCSH : Rosenthal, Judy, 1941-