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New Orleans Voodoo

A Cultural History

By: Rosary O'Neill,Rory O'Neill Schmitt

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New Orleans Voodoo

A Cultural History

By: Rosary O'Neill,Rory O'Neill Schmitt

The history, altars, art and ceremonies that anchor Voodoo in Crescent City culture are revealed in this authoritative study. The diverse spiritual roots of New Orleans run deep—and they all converge in the practice known as Voodoo. The city's Roman Catholic influence and its French, Spanish, Creole and American Indian traditions blended with the rites and rituals that West Africans brought to Louisiana as enslaved laborers. The resulting Voodoo tradition became a unique and integral part of New Orleans culture and heritage. While 19th century enslaved practitioners held Voodoo dances in designated public areas like Congo Square, they also conducted secret rituals away from the prying eyes of the city. By 1874, some twelve thousand New Orleanians attended Voodoo queen Marie Laveau's St. John's Eve rites on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain. This cultural history traces the Voodoo tradition from its earliest beginnings to its continued practice in the Crescent City today.

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1439665974

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Edgar Degas in New Orleans

By: Rory O’Neill Schmitt and Rosary O’Neill

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Edgar Degas in New Orleans

By: Rory O’Neill Schmitt and Rosary O’Neill

The grit and grandeur of New Orleans helped give rise to an icon of French Impressionism. Edgar Degas's mother was from New Orleans and from the time he buried her, he pined for Louisiana. In 1872, when he arrived, he found New Orleans wracked with devastation. He struggled with the conflict of helping his family' bankrupt cotton business, while pursuing his passion to paint. Amidst this turmoil, blossomed a tragic friendship with his blind sister-in-law, his beautiful muse. Edgar nearly went mad when he discovered his brother had gone through all the family money, and was having an affair with his wife's best friend. This book rips open the divide between Edgar and his brother that kept them from speaking for ten years, and led Edgar to start a new direction in his work: Impressionism.

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1467153478

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Kate Chopin in New Orleans

By: PhD, Rosary O’Neill,PhD, Rory O’Neill Schmitt

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Kate Chopin in New Orleans

By: PhD, Rosary O’Neill,PhD, Rory O’Neill Schmitt

Authors Rory O'Neill Schmitt and Rosary O'Neill share the NOLA life of Kate Chopin, the first great American woman novelist. In this epic story, Chopin becomes a Phoenix rising amidst the disgrace, death, and abandonment in the romantic desperate setting of post-Civil War Louisiana. This book, a follow up to Edgar Degas in New Orleans, presents Chopin, who lived in the same neighborhood as the Degas family during that time. Chopin celebrated in New Orleans' great homes and mansions up River Road with their wonderland of oaks, columns, balconies. She had lived in the Garden District, watched New Orleans trolleys with their big windows roll past the Gothic mansions and Greco-Roman houses on St. Charles Avenue, strolled languidly through Audubon Park with its oak tree wonderland full of swa mps and lush Louisiana foliage.

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1540261328

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Navajo and Hopi Art in Arizona

Continuing Traditions

By: Rory O'Neill Schmitt PhD

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Navajo and Hopi Art in Arizona

Continuing Traditions

By: Rory O'Neill Schmitt PhD

Arizona's Navajo and Hopi cultures span multiple generations, and their descendants continue to honor customs from thousands of years ago. Contemporary artists like Hopi katsina doll carver Manuel Chavarria and Navajo weaver Barbara Teller Ornelas use traditional crafts and techniques to preserve the stories of their ancestors. Meanwhile, emerging mixed-media artists like Melanie Yazzie expand the boundaries of tradition by combining Navajo influences with contemporary culture and styles. Local author Rory Schmitt presents the region's outstanding native artists and their work, studios and inspirations.

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Edgar Degas in New Orleans

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New Orleans Voodoo: A Cultural History

By: Rory O'Neill Schmitt, PhD, and Rosary Hartel O'Neill, PhD

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New Orleans Voodoo: A Cultural History

By: Rory O'Neill Schmitt, PhD, and Rosary Hartel O'Neill, PhD

There is no more compelling nor more spiritual city than New Orleans. The city's Roman Catholic roots and its blended French, Spanish, Creole and American Indian populations heavily influenced the rites and rituals that West Africans brought to Louisiana as enslaved laborers. The resulting unique Voodoo tradition is now deeply rooted in the area. Enslaved practitioners in the nineteenth century held Voodoo dances in designated public areas like Congo Square but conducted their secret rituals away from the prying eyes of the city. By 1874, some twelve thousand New Orleanians attended Voodoo queen Marie Laveau's St. John's Eve rites on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain. The Voodoo tradition continues in the Crescent City even today. Rory Schmitt and Rosary O'Neill study the altars, art, history and ceremonies that anchor Voodoo in New Orleans culture.

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1467137995

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Edgar Degas in New Orleans

By: Rosary H. (O'Neill) Harzinski,Dr. Rory O'Neill Schmitt

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By: Rosary H. (O'Neill) Harzinski,Dr. Rory O'Neill Schmitt

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Kate Chopin in New Orleans

By: PhD, Rosary O’Neill,PhD, Rory O’Neill Schmitt

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New Orleans Voodoo

New Orleans Voodoo

Edgar Degas in New Orleans

Edgar Degas in New Orleans

Kate Chopin in New Orleans

Kate Chopin in New Orleans

Navajo and Hopi Art in Arizona

Navajo and Hopi Art in Arizona

Edgar Degas in New Orleans

Edgar Degas in New Orleans

New Orleans Voodoo: A Cultural History

New Orleans Voodoo: A Cultural History

Edgar Degas in New Orleans

Edgar Degas in New Orleans

Kate Chopin in New Orleans

Kate Chopin in New Orleans

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