Vernacular light: The Freemasons of Haiti documented by Leah Gordon. During the colonial era, the Fr
Vernacular light: The Freemasons of Haiti documented by Leah Gordon. During the colonial era, the Freemasons were one of the few European institutions that allowed black membership in Haiti. Freemasonry still thrives in contemporary Haiti, and its visual world pervades the Haitian imaginary. Gordon reveals unexpected couplings in her research: mysticism and civil society; secrecy and spectacle; solemnity and celebration. -- source link
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