Accouchement traditionnel et spiritualité en Haïti

Realized by matrons in rural Haitian communities, home birth is an event whose complex spiritual dimension has been empirically observed. Whether it is perceived as a phenomenon of natural laws or as a phenomenon blocked by a lwa (vodou god), an evil spirit, or an evildoer, rural birth is always roo...

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Main Author: Obrillant Damus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université des Antilles 2021-12-01
Series:Études Caribéennes
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/22424
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