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The publisher gratefully acknowledges
the generous contribution to this book
provided by the General Endowment
Fund of the Associates of the
University of California Press.
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Elizabeth McAlister
Rara!
Vodou, Power, and
Performance in Haiti
and Its Diaspora
University of California Press
Berkeley Los Angeles London
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University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
2002 by the Regents of the University of California
Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reuse material from the author’s essay
“‘The Jew’ in the Haitian Imagination: Premodern Anti-Judaism in the Postmodern
Caribbean,” in Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters with Judaism, edited by
Yvonne Chireau and Nathaniel Deutsch, copyright
2000 by Oxford University Press, Inc.
Used by permission of Oxford University Press, Inc.
Thanks also for use of the following CD recordings:
“Notre Dame de 7 Douleurs,” “Cemetery at Bizoton,” and “Carrefour de Fort” [“Kalfou”]
from the recording entitled Caribbean Revels: Haitian Rara and Dominican Gaga,
Smithsonian Folkways 40402, provided courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
1991. Used by Permission.
“Gros` Bagay sa, Mwen Pa Kapab Ank`”and “Guantanamo M’Rive” from the recording
entitled Rhythms of Rapture: Sacred Musics of Haitian Vodou, Smithsonian Folkways
40464, provided courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. 1995. Used by
Permission.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
McAlister, Elizabeth A.
Rara! : vodou, power, and performance in Haiti and its diaspora / Elizabeth McAlister.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.
ISBN 0-520-22822-7 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 0-520-22823-5 (paper : alk. paper)
1. Rara Festival—Songs and music—History and criticism. 2. Voodoo music—Haiti—
History and criticism. 3. Folk music—Haiti—History and criticism. 4. Folk songs, Creole—
Haiti—History and criticism. 5. Haiti—Social life and customs—20th century. 6. Haiti—
Social conditions—1971– . I. Title.
ML3565 .M384 2002
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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of
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39.48–1992
(R 1997) (Permanence of Paper).
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