This second edition updates the scholarship on the religions themselves and also expands the regional considerations of the Diaspora to the U. S. Latino community who are influenced by Creole spiritual practices.

In this book, Danielle Boaz explores public perceptions of "voodoo" as they have varied over time, with an emphasis on the intricate connection between stereotypes of "voodoo" and debates about race and human rights.

This lyrical novel of community, betrayal, and love centres on an unforgettable matriarchal family in Barbados.

A study of the importance of debates about obeah, and state suppression of it, for Caribbean struggles about freedom and citizenship.

A New York Times reporter is murdered, and his wife is injured, supposedly by a man who was dead and buried ten days previous. FBI Special Agent Pendergast must discover the truth.

Dianne M. Stewart analyzes the sacred poetics, religious imagination, and African heritage of Yoruba-Orisa devotees in Trinidad from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

This collection looks at Caribbean religious history from the late 18th century to the present including obeah, vodou, santeria, candomble, and brujeria.

Examines the history of voodoo and obeah in the Caribbean, specifically Jamaica and Haiti, traces them back to their roots in Africa and discusses the influence imperialism, slavery and racism had on their development. -- from vendor's site

After New York Times reporter William Smithback and his wife Nora Kelly, a Museum of Natural History archaeologist, are brutally attacked in their apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side, Pendergast--the world's most enigmatic FBI Special ...

This taut thriller goes to extremes, and its sizzling narrative excitement never lets up.