Voodoo queen the spirited lives of Marie Laveau /

Main Author: Ward, Martha.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2004.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10425139
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300 |a xvii, 246 p. :  |b ill., 1 map. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-225) and index. 
505 0 |a Who in heaven or hell, Africa or France, was Marie Leveau? -- Catholic in the morning, voodoo by night -- Working wife, widow, mistress, and voodoo divorce -- Marie Laveau brings the New Orleans Saints to town -- Color schemes and protection policies on St. Ann Street -- Freedom la mode, la Marie -- Life in the cities of the dead -- At the altar of love and luck -- Madame Laveau's prayers, poisons, and political pull -- How John, the Devil, and Mam'zelle Marie hoodooed the media -- A tale of two sisters -- The last queen of the voodoos returns from the dead -- Postscript : events in the lives of the Marie Laveaus -- At the end : recognition and respect. 
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