Lecture, Session 18

Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in New York

Questions for Opening Discussion:

  1. What does religion do for Haitian people like Mama Lola?
  2. What is their view of life in this world?
  3. How does this view influence their ideas of how to act in this world?
  4. How does their concept of person shape these choices?
  5. Why is their religion a system of healing?
  6. What does a ritual leader like Mama Lola heal?
  7. What is illness or affliction? 
  8. How do they classify affliction: causation or etiology, treatment, choice of healing specialist?
  9. Are Haitians Lola hostile to biomedicine?


 




Citation: Richman, K. (2008, April 20). Lecture, Session 18. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/latino-studies/creole-lanuage-and-culture/lecture-session-18.
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