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Bêtes Noires

Sorcery as History in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands

dc.contributor.authorDerby, Lauren
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-15T13:20:40Z
dc.date.available2025-12-15T13:20:40Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.identifierONIX_20251215T141744_9781478061564_4
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/109107
dc.description.abstractLauren 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.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology
dc.subject.otherHaitian Vodou
dc.subject.otherBacás
dc.subject.otherspirit creatures
dc.subject.othershapeshifting sorcery
dc.subject.otherDominican Republic
dc.subject.otherHaiti
dc.subject.otherVodú
dc.subject.otherfukú
dc.subject.otherhistory of trauma
dc.subject.otherspirit demons
dc.subject.othercapitalist extractivism
dc.subject.otherHispaniola
dc.subject.othersupernatural assault
dc.subject.otherdevil pact tales
dc.subject.otherconjuring
dc.subject.otherferal animals
dc.subject.othercross border trade
dc.subject.otherhunting economy
dc.subject.otherbovine bacá stories
dc.subject.otherClément Barbot
dc.subject.otherswine flu
dc.subject.othersubsistence agriculture
dc.subject.otherRafael Trujillo
dc.subject.othersupernatural beasts
dc.titleBêtes Noires
dc.title.alternativeSorcery as History in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1215/9781478061564
oapen.relation.isPublishedByf0d6aaef-4159-4e01-b1ea-a7145b2ab14b
oapen.relation.isFundedByf1f81914-d0e2-4e8d-ae06-fb4f2282a752
oapen.relation.isbn9781478061564
oapen.relation.isbn9781478029359
oapen.relation.isbn9781478032786
oapen.relation.isbn9781478094401
oapen.pages356
oapen.place.publicationDurham, North Carolina, USA
oapen.grant.number[...]
oapen.grant.acronymTOME
oapen.grant.programUCLA Library


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