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American Voudou: Journey Into a Hidden World
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Voudou (an older spelling of voodoo)—a pantheistic belief system developed in West Africa and transported to the Americas during the diaspora of the slave trade—is the generic term for a number of similar African religions which mutated in the Americas, including santeria, candomble, macumbe, obeah, Shango Baptist, etc. Since its violent introduction in the Caribbean islands, it has been the least understood and most feared religion of the New World—suppressed, out-lawed or ridiculed from Haiti to Hattiesburg. Yet with the exception of Zora Neale Hurston's accounts more than a half-century ago and a smattering of lurid, often racist paperbacks, studies of this potent West African theology have focused almost exclusively on Haiti, Cuba and the Caribbean basin. American Voudou turns our gaze back to American shores, principally towards the South, the most important and enduring stronghold of the voudou faith in America and site of its historic yet rarely recounted war with Christianity. This chronicle of Davis' determined search for the true legacy of voudou in America reveals a spirit-world from New Orleans to Miami which will shatter long-held stereotypes about the religion and its role in our culture. The real-life dramas of the practitioners, true believers and skeptics of …
Date:
November 15, 1999
Creator:
Davis, Rod
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Gayly Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 16, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 15, 1999
Semi-monthly newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date:
August 15, 1999
Creator:
Hawkins, Don
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 247, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 15, 1999
Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 15, 1999
Creator:
Cash, Wanda Garner
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Gayly Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 22, Ed. 1 Monday, November 15, 1999
Semi-monthly newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date:
November 15, 1999
Creator:
Hawkins, Don
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 157, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 1999
Weekly student newspaper from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
April 15, 1999
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, October 15, 1999
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date:
October 15, 1999
Creator:
Vercher, Dennis
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 15, 1999
Semiweekly newspaper from Seminole, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1999
Creator:
Dow, M. Gene & Fisher, David
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 15, 1999
Weekly newspaper from Port Aransas, Texas on Mustang Island that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 15, 1999
Creator:
Judson, Mary
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Gayly Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 12, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 15, 1999
Semi-monthly newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date:
June 15, 1999
Creator:
Hawkins, Don
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 274, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 15, 1999
Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 15, 1999
Creator:
Cash, Wanda Garner
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 83, Ed. 1 Friday, October 15, 1999
Semiweekly newspaper from Boerne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 15, 1999
Creator:
Keasling, Edna & Fierro, Jennifer
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 1999
Weekly newspaper from Port Aransas, Texas on Mustang Island that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 15, 1999
Creator:
Judson, Mary
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History