Voodoo: The History of a Racial Slur

by Boaz

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"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019768940X
• ISBN13: 9780197689400
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 216 Pages