# Island Possessed

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- Book: [Island Possessed](https://www.bookquiver.com/katherine-dunham/island-possessed) ([Island Possessed.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/katherine-dunham/island-possessed.md))
- Authors: [Katherine Dunham](https://www.bookquiver.com/katherine-dunham)
- Publisher: Doubleday
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-03-0781-984-0
- Published: 2012-05-16
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Just as surely as Haiti is " possessed" by the gods and spirits of vaudun (voodoo), the island " possessed" Katherine Dunham when she first went there in 1936 to study dance and ritual. In this book, Dunham...