The Mysterious Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveaux: A Study of Powerful Female Leadership in Nineteenth Century New Orleans
Ina Johanna Fandrich
344 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0415972507
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Language: English
Publish: April 21, 2005
This study investigates the emergence of powerful female leadership in New Orleans’ Voodoo tradition. It provides a careful examination of the cultural, historical, economic, demographic and socio-political factors that contributed both to the feminization of this religious culture and its strong female leaders.