Tell My Horse
Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · December 30, 2008
“Strikingly dramatic, yet simple and unrestrained . . . an unusual and intensely interesting book richly packed with strange information.” —New York Times Book Review 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 the ceremonies, customs, and superstitions of voodoo.
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- Who it’s for
- Edgy, travel-worn prose with the charge of lived observation.
- Genres
- Caribbean Travel, How Cultures Work, Spirituality
- Published
- HarperCollins, December 30, 2008
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“Strikingly dramatic, yet simple and unrestrained . . . an unusual and intensely interesting book richly packed with strange information.” —New York Times Book Review 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 the ceremonies, customs, and superstitions of voodoo.
Raw, Lively Fieldwork
Edgy, travel-worn prose with the charge of lived observation.
Come here for
- Voodoo, Haiti, Jamaica
- Hurston’s sharp, roaming eye
Expect
- collection shape
- political edge
Where it sits
| How Cultures Work | 47% |
|---|---|
| Caribbean Travel | 36% |
| Spirituality | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Social History
- African American Literary Collections
- Essay Collections
- History of Religion
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- Spirituality
- How Cultures Work
- Customs & Traditions
- Sociology
- Authors
- Zora Neale Hurston
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- December 30, 2008
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Social History