Vodou, a way of life

The catalogue presents more than 300 pieces from Lehmann’s collection on display for the first time ever, anywhere in the world, at the MEG exhibition, “Vodou, a way of life”. The pictures are by Johnathan Watts, who kept to the exhibition’s narrative thread. They play on variations, details, materials, accessories and group effects, kindling complex and sometimes conflicting feelings. Two interviews, one with Marianne Lehmann herself, the other with the vodou priest, the houngan Max Beauvoir, shed light on the context in which the objects were collected, while an article by Haitian anthropologist Rachel Beauvoir-Dominique (FPVPOCH) explains vodou’s underlying significance : the memory of the slave crossing to the Americas and the struggle for freedom and independence – a legitimate source of pride, but also a battle that remains to be won.

Mint copy, New in wraps, oversized, Paperback. Color-illus. wraps; white lettering on brown spine; French flaps. White card dj with color image and black lettering. Gray lettering on spine. 176 pp. full of color photographs. Text in English. Publisher ‏ : ‎ INFOLIO, 2008
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 2884741402
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-2884741408
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.54 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.13 x 0.67 x 11.02 inches

$ 225.00