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Voodoo
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Voodoo
This paper studies the Haitian religion of Voodoo and its socioeconomic effects.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages) |
5 sources |
1990
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This is a study of Voodoo in Haiti: Its character as a religious system of belief, and its socioeconomic and political role in Haitian culture.Voodoo is a household term in American popular culture. Everyone has heard of "Voodoo dolls" of one's enemies, into which pins are supposedly stuck to kill or otherwise curse them. Zombies--variously "the living dead" or living individuals so drugged as to lose all independent personality--are a fixture of science-fiction horror movies. When in the 1980 Republican presidential primary campaign, George Bush wished to castigate then-rival Ronald Reagan, he denounced Reagan's economic policies as "Voodoo economics." This popular American image of Voodoo includes a tie to Haiti, where it is associated with the Tonton Macoutes and the system of terror ... "
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Voodoo (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 11, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Voodoo/18525
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"Voodoo" 15 January 2012. Web. 11 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Voodoo/18525>
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