Cover Image

Voodoo : the history of a racial slur /

Show other versions (1)
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boaz, Danielle N. (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Vodou > Social aspects > United States > History.
Slurs > United States > History.
Racism in language.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Voodoo
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 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 Haitian Refugees in the 1980s
  • 6. Sex Trafficking and Sacred Oaths in the 1990s to the Present
  • Conclusion: Voodoo, Obeah, and Macumba
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index