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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Detalles Bibliográficos
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.
Temas:
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.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Voodoo as American culture
  • Laveau and Anderson
  • The legacy and culture of voodoo in New Orleans
  • Messin' around in the work: the leafy Anderson model and New Orleans voodoo
  • The work
  • Dame Zombi meets Jim Crow: race and voodoo in New Orleans
  • Yes Ise a women fixer: gender, sex, and power among New Orleans workers
  • The "bisness": the centrality of economics and local culture to business models in New Orleans voodoo
  • Green money means success
  • The worst kind of religion.

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