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Re: ethnographies on haiti
JOHN LANGDON (LANGDON@GANDLF.UINDY.EDU)
Fri, 23 Sep 1994 09:08:59 -0400
In message carter pate writes:
> Quick! How about some citations of ethnographies on Haiti? Needed: some-
> thing comparable to Frederick Barth's Nomads of South Persia, which I found
> very helpful during the Iranian crisis, or Joel Halpern's A Serbian Village
> in historical perspective, which stillhas some helpful insights. (Anybody
> found anything similar on Croats or Bosnian Muslims?)
>
Not being a cultural anthropologist, I can't contribute much on this. But I have
another question. What do ethnologists think of Wade Davis' depiction of Hatian
society in his books, Serpent and the Rainbow and Passage of Darkness?
JOHN H. LANGDON email LANGDON@GANDLF.UINDY.EDU
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY FAX (317) 788-3569
UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS PHONE (317) 788-3447
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46227
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