September 9, 2010

The Caricature of Hollywood Voodoo

HOLLYWOOD

SOURCE : Voodoo Today, there are two virtually unrelated forms of the religion: the actual religion, Vodun practiced in Benin, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Haiti, Togo and various centers in the US – largely where Haitian refuges have settled. an evil, imaginary religion, which we will call Voodoo. It has been created for Hollywood movies, complete [...]

Vodou, voodoo, and western cultural anxieties

14/365 Under My Voodoo

SOURCE : Vodou, voodoo, and western cultural anxieties rather than regarding the Voodoo Construct as deliberate denigration, distortion and/or demonisation of a particular religious tradition I argue instead that it owes it’s longevity and ubiquity to a range of deep-seated anxieties which are peculiar to western culture. These psycho-social anxieties are concerned precisely with epistemology [...]