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The Great Father and the Danger : religious cults, material forces, and collective fantasies in the world of the Surinamese Maroons / H.U.E. Thoden van Velzen and W. van Wetering.

Title
The Great Father and the Danger : religious cults, material forces, and collective fantasies in the world of the Surinamese Maroons / H.U.E. Thoden van Velzen and W. van Wetering.
Author
Thoden van Velzen, H. U. E.
Publication
Dordrecht, Holland ; Providence, U.S.A. : Foris Publications, 1988.

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Description
xiv, 451 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
Series Statement
Caribbean series / Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 9
Uniform Title
Caribbean series (Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands)) 9.
Subject
  • Gaan Gadu (Cult)
  • Na Ogii (Cult)
  • Ndjuka people
  • Cults > Suriname
  • Suriname > Religious life and customs
Note
  • Originally presented as the authors' theses (Ph. D.--Univ. of Amsterdam, 1966 and 1973).
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [433]-443.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
9067652342 (pbk.)
OCLC
19460651
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library