Rara! : Vodou, Power, and Performance in Haiti and Its Diaspora [With CD]

List of Illustrations xi Acknowledgments xiii Guide to the Compact Disc Rara! xv Introducing Rara 1(24) Work and Play, Pleasure and Performance 25(34) Vulgarity and the Politics of the Small Man 59(26) Mystical Work: Spirits on Parade 85(28) Rara and ``the Jew'': Premodern Anti- Judaism in Postmodern Haiti 113(22) Rara as Popular Army: Hierarchy, Militarism, and Warfare 135(24) Voices under Domination: Rara and the Politics of Insecurity 159(24) Rara in New York City: Transnational Popular Culture 183(26) Appendix: Chronology of Political Events, 1990-1995, Annotated with Transnational Rara Band Activity 209(4) Glossary 213(4) Notes 217(20) Sources 237(12) Index 249