Voodoo and Power: The Politics of Religion in New Orleans, 1881-1940 Contributor(s): Roberts, Kodi A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807160504 ISBN-13: 9780807160503 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | African American - Religion | Ethnic & Tribal |
Dewey: 299.675 |
LCCN: 2015019894 |
Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.17" W x 9.29" (1.11 lbs) 248 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History - Locality - New Orleans, Louisiana - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |