TY - BOOK AU - McAlister,Elizabeth A. TI - Rara!: vodou, power, and performance in Haiti and its diaspora SN - 0520228227 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - 110 ML 3565 M478r 2002 U1 - 784.4/97294 PY - 2002/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Rara Festival KW - Songs and music KW - History and criticism KW - Voodoo music KW - Haiti KW - Folk music KW - Folk songs, Creole KW - Social life and customs KW - 20th century KW - Social conditions KW - 1971- KW - Rara (Fãete) KW - Chants et musique KW - Histoire et critique KW - Musique vaudoue KW - Musique folklorique KW - Chansons folkloriques crâeoles KW - Moeurs et coutumes KW - 20e siecle KW - CEH KW - Colección Estudios Haitianos KW - Conditions sociales N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-246), discography (p. 246-248), videography (p. 248), and index; Introducing rara -- Work and play, pleasure and performance -- Vulgarity and the politics of the small man -- Mystical work : spirits on parade -- Rara and "the Jew" : premodern anti-Judaism in postmodern Haiti -- Rara as popular army : hierarchy, militarism, and warfare -- Voices under domination : rara and the politics of insecurity -- Rara in New York City : transnational popular culture UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal052/2001005016.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ucal041/2001005016.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/2001005016.html ER -