Voodoo and Power – The Politics of Religion in New Orleans, 1881–1940 Roberts

Voodoo and Power\nby Kodi A. Roberts\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Kodi A. Roberts\nTitle: Voodoo and Power\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History of the Americas\nPublisher: LOUISIANA ST UNIV PR\nPublication year: 2023\nISBN-13: 9780807181720\nISBN-10: 0807181722\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe racialized and exoticized cult of Voodoo occupies a central place in the popular image of the Crescent City. But as Kodi Roberts argues, 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.\n\nThe racialized and exoticized cult of Voodoo occupies a central place in the popular image of the Crescent City. But as Kodi Roberts argue.