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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roberts, Kodi A., 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wodu
Vodou.
African Americans > Religion.
Noirs americains > Religion.
Vaudou > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Vaudou > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Vodou > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 20th century.
Vodou > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 19th century.
New Orleans, La.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.) > Religious life and customs.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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 more complicated patchwork of influences created New Orleans Voodoo, allowing it to move across boundaries of race, class, and gender. By employing late nineteenth and early twentieth-century first-hand accounts of Voodoo practitioners and their rituals, Roberts provides a nuanced understanding of who practiced Voodoo and why."--Publisher's description.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9780807160510

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