ANT100Y1 Lecture : Anthropology March 29th 2012.docx

• School: UTSG
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT100Y1
• Professor: Shawn Lehman

Document Summary

Shunned, isolated by europe and america feared the rebellion would spread. Slaves had been prevented from learning to read and write few could refer to existing documents or produce their own. Repository of social memory, personal and communal history. Spirits (lwa, loa ) have human traits (age, sex, family, personalities, etc. ) Are larger than life but not other than life. (karen brown, mama lola) Lwa = embodied history: bring history alive through humans mediums; show its relevance to the present, e. g cousin spirits ( peasant ancestors, from 19th century ) Through possession, voodoo etc. , haitians have been able to hold on to their history. Ezilis = two different manifestations of womanhood: sexuality and reproduction. Loud, flirtatious french woman, or stereotypical upper class haitian woman. Manifestation of mari dolorosa (image of virgin mary draped in gold and jewels without a child. Heart symbolizes both romantic love and mother love (vivay) Black haitian woman, single mother devoted to children hard work.