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Vodou Brooklyn
Five Ceremonies with Mambo Marie Carmel
Stephanie Keith |
| This book is an intimate portrayal of a Haitian immigrant Vodou priestess. Color photographs and text document the young Mambo presiding over five distinct Vodou ceremonies held in one year in a single basement in Brooklyn, NY. By focusing on what happens in this transformed basement, the reader becomes personally involved with the people of this community through seeing them... More |
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"...I have never seen photography as respectful, as transcendent, as perfect as that of Stephanie Keith's..."
Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, Houngan Asogwe and Professor of Africology
University of... Read review |
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"I began to follow Marie Carmel to all her various ceremonies....she started having small events in her apartment, and friends' apartments and at various rented... Read excerpt |
08/16/2010, CSP, 138pp, Full color photographs by Stephanie Keith, Paperback
ISBN 978-1-58432-670-0 |
$35.00 |
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Tales from the Heart of Haiti
Patti Marxsen |
| A collection of short stories presenting a fresh perspective of the people of Haiti by narrating their interactions with those who come from elsewhere and try to help. Haiti overflows with expatriates and missionaries who desire to do good, especially now. But how much do foreign "helpers" see and know? What can they comprehend? Only when we allow ourselves to... More |
March 2010, Educa Vision, Inc., 122pp, Paperback
ISBN 978-1-58432-615-1 |
$17.50 |
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Fieldwork Identities in the Caribbean
Erin B. Taylor |
| What is it really like to do fieldwork?
Answers to this question are as diverse as the researchers and the field sites they choose. Anthropologists no longer fit the stereotype of white Westerners going to exotic places to study people very different from themselves. Rather, anthropologists now come from a variety of backgrounds, and their identities are complicated, even to them.
This... More |
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"This book emerged from a simple question posed to me by a graduate student in anthropology. She asked me,... Read excerpt |
12/15/2009, Caribbean Studies Press. Catalog Number: CSP6007, 258pp, Paperback
ISBN 978-1-58432-600-7 |
$27.50 |
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The Caribbean Woman Writer as Scholar
Creating, Imagining, Theorizing
Keshia N. Abraham with a Preface by Carole Boyce Davies |
| Caribbean / African Diaspora Series |
| “What does it mean to be a Caribbean woman writer? Shall I write about being from the Caribbean or about being a woman?...And in what ways am I to differentiate being a writer from being a scholar? Should any such differentiation be made?”
The first volume in The Caribbean / African Diaspora Series, this collection of incisive and provocative essays... More |
September, 2009, Caribbean Studies Press, 462pp, Includes color illustrations, softcover
ISBN 978-1-58432-565-9 |
$40.00 |
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Education, Assimilation, and Caribbean Identity
The Literary Journey of the French Caribbean
Marie Leticee, Ph.D. |
| A far-reaching and critical study of the role of education in shaping Caribbean identity. Perceptive studies of the literature and scholarship of French Caribbean writers are framed in the context of the foreign educational curriculum imposed on the people of these islands. Original research and literature analysis are combined in this syncretic approach to the development of the Caribbean... More |
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"Accepting assimilation into French culture meant that they could no longer define themselves as Antilleans. They were now defined by the other as a sub-group....Hence.... Read excerpt |
June, 2009, Caribbean Studies Press, 228pp, Softcover
ISBN 978-1-58432-554-3 |
$24.50 |
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English-Portuguese / Portuguese Word-to-Word Dictionary
Fequiere Vilsaint and Louise Canuto |
| A practical reference to help both English and Portuguese learners of the other language improve their language skills and clarify issues of orthography. |
2007, Educa Vision, Inc., 321pp, Perfect binding (softcover)
ISBN 1-58432-417-1 |
$18.50 |
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Florida Phrasebook
English-Spanish-Haitian Creole-Portuguese
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| A clear and easy-to-use guide to quick and basic communication in the four languages most spoken in multilingual and multicultural Florida. Useful for business and personal life, this reference thematically covers useful forms of etiquette, going places, giving information about yourself, shopping, eating, and other essential topics. The phrasebook also includes a useful 5,000 word vocabulary in each... More |
2009, Educa Vision, Inc., 410pp, Perfect binding (softcover)
ISBN 9781584322382 |
$27.50 |
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English-Spanish / Spanish-English Word-to-Word Dictionary
Martha Arturo Sánchez, Fequiere Vilsaint, and Orlando Figueredo |
| This is a practical reference to help English and Spanish learners of the other language improve their language skills and clarify issues of orthography. The dictionary contains 27,000 word entries, many with multiple meanings, chosen by word frequency. |
2008, Educa Vision, Inc., 508pp, Perfect binding (softcover)
ISBN 9781584324843 |
$24.50 |
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English-French / French-English Word-to-Word Dictionary
Fequiere Vilsaint and France Robert-Dubois |
| This English/French dictionary is a practical reference to help both French and English learners of the other language improve their language skills and clarify issues of orthography. The dictionary contains 27,000 word entries, many with multiple meanings, based on word frequency. |
2005, Educa Vision, Inc., 448pp, Perfect binding (softcover)
ISBN 1584324805 |
$24.50 |
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Who's Who in the Haitian Diaspora
Fequiere Vilsaint and Maude Heurtelou |
| This book is a comprehensive reference containing the biographies of outstanding men and women engaged in a wide range of professions and located outside of Haiti. Each biography details the individual's accomplishment, often accompanied by a photograph. |
2008, Educa Vision, Inc., 252pp, b & w photos, Perfect binding (softcover)
ISBN 1584324910 |
$34.50 |
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