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Voodoo and Power : The Politics of Religion in New Orleans, 1881-1940 /

"The racialized and exoticized cult of Voodoo occupies a central place in the popular image of the Crescent City. But as Kodi A. Roberts argues in Voodoo and Power, the religion was not a monolithic tradition handed down from African ancestors to their American-born descendants. Instead, a much...

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Autor principal: Roberts, Kodi A., 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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