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Voodoo: the History of a Racial Slur by Danielle N. Boaz (2023, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100197689418

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Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameVoodoo: the History of a Racial Slur

Publication Year2023

SubjectGeneral, History

TypeTextbook

AuthorDanielle N. Boaz

Subject AreaReligion

FormatTrade Paperback

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Reviews"Painstakingly researched, Danielle Boaz's analysis shows that the denigration of African religions has always had an overarching purpose of denying Black people's humanity and of justifying colonial enterprise, enslavement, and white supremacy. This book is essential reading." -- Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, Editor of Fragments of Bone: Neo-African Religions in a New World"Bold and evidence-driven, Voodoo: The History of a Racial Slur exposes the disturbing truth that 'religious racism' levied upon custodians of African heritage religions is the only type of racism that most people still find permissible and even necessary in the twenty-first century. In this long overdue volume, Boaz provokes readers to investigate why and demolishes all rationalizations of the past." -- Dianne M. Stewart, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Emory University, "Painstakingly researched, Danielle Boaz's analysis shows that the denigration of African religions has always had an overarching purpose of denying Black people's humanity and of justifying colonial enterprise, enslavement, and white supremacy. This book is essential reading." -- Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, Editor of Fragments of Bone: Neo-African Religions in a New World"Bold and evidence-driven, Voodoo: The History of a Racial Slur exposes the disturbing truth that 'religious racism' levied upon custodians of African heritage religions is the only type of racism that most people still find permissible and even necessary in the twenty-first century. In this long overdue volume, Boaz provokes readers to investigate why and demolishes all rationalizations of the past." -- Dianne M. Stewart, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Emory University"Voodoo: The History of a Racial Slur is relatively short and accessibly written. This makes it well suited for undergraduate courses such as religions of the Americas, race and ethnicity, or African diaspora religions." -- Alexander Rocklin, Nova Religio"The book unpacks the construction of the term "voodoo" and its historical and contemporary uses, with a focus on problems of race and human rights. Boaz, with a J.D. and Ph.D., is ideally suited for this project, as her book elucidates how stereotypes associated with "voodoo" render it a powerful and dangerous slur that vilifies the spirituality and humanity of Black people." -- Emily Clark, American Religion"Voodoo is a powerful book that makes a vital contribution to the study of American religions." -- Emily Clark, American Religion, "Painstakingly researched, Danielle Boaz's analysis shows that the denigration of African religions has always had an overarching purpose of denying Black people's humanity and of justifying colonial enterprise, enslavement, and white supremacy. This book is essential reading." -- Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, Editor of Fragments of Bone: Neo-African Religions in a New World"Bold and evidence-driven, Voodoo: The History of a Racial Slur exposes the disturbing truth that 'religious racism' levied upon custodians of African heritage religions is the only type of racism that most people still find permissible and even necessary in the twenty-first century. In this long overdue volume, Boaz provokes readers to investigate why and demolishes all rationalizations of the past." -- Dianne M. Stewart, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Emory University"Voodoo: The History of a Racial Slur is relatively short and accessibly written. This makes it well suited for undergraduate courses such as religions of the Americas, race and ethnicity, or African diaspora religions." -- Alexander Rocklin, Nova Religio, "Painstakingly researched, Danielle Boaz's analysis shows that the denigration of African religions has always had an overarching purpose of denying Black people's humanity and of justifying colonial enterprise, enslavement, and white supremacy. This book is essential reading." -- Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, Editor of Fragments of Bone: Neo-African Religions in a New World "Bold and evidence-driven, Voodoo: The History of a Racial Slur exposes the disturbing truth that 'religious racism' levied upon custodians of African heritage religions is the only type of racism that most people still find permissible and even necessary in the twenty-first century. In this long overdue volume, Boaz provokes readers to investigate why and demolishes all rationalizations of the past." -- Dianne M. Stewart, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Emory University, "Painstakingly researched, Danielle Boaz's analysis shows that the denigration of African religions has always had an overarching purpose of denying Black people's humanity and of justifying colonial enterprise, enslavement, and white supremacy. This book is essential reading." -- Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, Editor of Fragments of Bone: Neo-African Religions in a New World"Bold and evidence-driven, Voodoo: The History of a Racial Slur exposes the disturbing truth that 'religious racism' levied upon custodians of African heritage religions is the only type of racism that most people still find permissible and even necessary in the twenty-first century. In this long overdue volume, Boaz provokes readers to investigate why and demolishes all rationalizations of the past." -- Dianne M. Stewart, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Emory University"Voodoo: The History of a Racial Slur is relatively short and accessibly written. This makes it well suited for undergraduate courses such as religions of the Americas, race and ethnicity, or African diaspora religions." -- Alexander Rocklin, Nova Religio"The book unpacks the construction of the term "voodoo" and its historical and contemporary uses, with a focus on problems of race and human rights. Boaz, with a J.D. and Ph.D., is ideally suited for this project, as her book elucidates how stereotypes associated with "voodoo" render it a powerful and dangerous slur that vilifies the spirituality and humanity of Black people." -- Emily Clark, American Religion"Voodoo is a powerful book that makes a vital contribution to the study of American religions." -- Emily Clark, American Religion"Its strength lies in the examination of interesting archival material, from court cases to laws, newspapers, or human rights records. The argument is well supported by richhistorical evidence that documents the racial and religious tensions in the perception of "voodoo." Written in a very light and readable style, the book is a welcome contribution to the emerging study of Afro-Caribbean religions and spiritual traditions." -- Pavel Horák, Religious Studies Review"For both the scholar and adherent unaware of the information uncovered in Boaz's vigorous survey of the history, applications, over and undertones of "voodoo," this watershed book is indispensable reading, and grateful ancestors, lwa, orishas, and egun alike, will spread ashé across the pages of Danielle Boaz's work. Ayibobo!" -- Alexander Fernández, The Journal of Folklore Research Reviews, "Painstakingly researched, Danielle Boaz's analysis shows that the denigration of African religions has always had an overarching purpose of denying Black people's humanity and of justifying colonial enterprise, enslavement, and white supremacy. This book is essential reading." -- Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, Editor of Fragments of Bone: Neo-African Religions in a New World"Bold and evidence-driven, Voodoo: The History of a Racial Slur exposes the disturbing truth that 'religious racism' levied upon custodians of African heritage religions is the only type of racism that most people still find permissible and even necessary in the twenty-first century. In this long overdue volume, Boaz provokes readers to investigate why and demolishes all rationalizations of the past." -- Dianne M. Stewart, Samuel Candler DobbsProfessor of Religion and African American Studies, Emory University"Voodoo: The History of a Racial Slur is relatively short and accessibly written. This makes it well suited for undergraduate courses such as religions of the Americas, race and ethnicity, or African diaspora religions." -- Alexander Rocklin, Nova Religio"The book unpacks the construction of the term "voodoo" and its historical and contemporary uses, with a focus on problems of race and human rights. Boaz, with a J.D. and Ph.D., is ideally suited for this project, as her book elucidates how stereotypes associated with "voodoo" render it a powerful and dangerous slur that vilifies the spirituality and humanity of Black people." -- Emily Clark, American Religion"Voodoo is a powerful book that makes a vital contribution to the study of American religions." -- Emily Clark, American Religion"Its strength lies in the examination of interesting archival material, from court cases to laws, newspapers, or human rights records. The argument is well supported by richhistorical evidence that documents the racial and religious tensions in the perception of "voodoo." Written in a very light and readable style, the book is a welcome contribution to the emerging study of Afro-Caribbean religions and spiritual traditions." -- Pavel Horák,Religious Studies Review"For both the scholar and adherent unaware of the information uncovered in Boaz's vigorous survey of the history, applications, over and undertones of "voodoo," this watershed book is indispensable reading, and grateful ancestors, lwa, orishas, and egun alike, will spread ashé across the pages of Danielle Boaz's work. Ayibobo!" -- Alexander Fernández, The Journal of Folklore Research Reviews

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal299.6/75

Table Of ContentIntroduction 1. Emancipation, Civil Rights, and the Origins of "Voodoo" in the 1850s--1880s 2. "Voodoo" and U.S. Imperialism in Cuba in the 1890s--1920s 3. Love Cults and "White Slaves" in the 1920s 4. Human Sacrifice and African American Muslims in the 1930s 5. "Sacrifices at Sea" and Refugees in the 1980s 6. Sex Trafficking and Sacred Oaths in the 1990s to the Present Conclusion Bibliography Index

SynopsisCoined in the middle of the nineteenth century, the term "voodoo" has been deployed largely by people in the U.S. to refer to spiritual practices--real or imagined--among people of African descent. "Voodoo" is one way that white people have invoked their anxieties and stereotypes about Black people--to call them uncivilized, superstitious, hypersexual, violent, and cannibalistic. In this book, Danielle Boaz explores public perceptions of "voodoo" as they have varied over time, with an emphasis on the intricate connection between stereotypes of "voodoo" and debates about race and human rights. The term has its roots in the U.S. Civil War in the 1860s, especially following the Union takeover of New Orleans, when it was used to propagate the idea that Black Americans held certain "superstitions" that allegedly proved that they were unprepared for freedom, the right to vote, and the ability to hold public office. Similar stereotypes were later extended to Cuba and Haiti in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the 1930s, Black religious movements like the Moorish Science Temple and the Nation of Islam were derided as "voodoo cults." More recently, ideas about "voodoo" have shaped U.S. policies toward Haitian immigrants in the 1980s, and international responses to rituals to bind Nigerian women to human traffickers in the twenty-first century. Drawing on newspapers, travelogues, magazines, legal documents, and books, Boaz shows that the term "voodoo" has often been a tool of racism, colonialism, and oppression., Coined in the middle of the nineteenth century, the term "voodoo" has been deployed largely by people in the U.S. to refer to spiritual practices--real or imagined--among people of African descent. "Voodoo" is one way that white people have invoked their anxieties and stereotypes about Black people--to call them uncivilized, superstitious, hypersexual, violent, and cannibalistic. In this book, Danielle Boaz explores public perceptions of "voodoo" as they have varied over time, with an emphasis on the intricate connection between stereotypes of "voodoo" and debates about race and human rights.

LC Classification NumberBL2490