Travels with Tooy: History, Memory, and the African American Imagination

by Richard Price, Richard Price, Richard Price

Book Overview

Thirty-five years into his research among the descendants of rebel slaves living in the South American rain forest, anthropologist Richard Price encountered Tooy, a priest, philosopher, and healer living in a rough shantytown on the outskirts of Cayenne, French Guiana. Tooy is a time traveler who crosses boundaries between centuries, continents, the worlds of the living and the dead, and the visible and invisible. With an innovative blend of storytelling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226680592
• ISBN13: 9780226680590
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.0"