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Title: Voodoo and Power

Subtitle: The Politics of Religion in New Orleans 1881-1940

Author: Kodi A. Roberts

Narrator: Thomas Stone

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-06-17

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

The racialized and exoticized cult of Voodoo occupies a central place in the popular image of the Crescent City. But as Kodi A. Roberts argues in Voodoo and Power, the religion was not a monolithic tradition handed down from African ancestors to their American-born descendants. Instead, a much more complicated patchwork of influences created New Orleans Voodoo, allowing it to move across boundaries of race, class, and gender. By employing late 19th and early 20th-century first-hand accounts of Voodoo practitioners and their rituals, Roberts provides a nuanced understanding of who practiced Voodoo and why.

Voodoo in New Orleans, a mélange of religion, entrepreneurship, and business networks, stretched across the color line in intriguing ways.

Voodoo rituals and institutions also drew inspiration from the surrounding milieu, including the privations of the Great Depression, the city s complex racial history, and the free-market economy. Money, employment, and business became central concerns for the religion s practitioners: to validate their work, some began operating from recently organized Spiritual Churches, entities that were tax exempt and thus legitimate in the eyes of the state of Louisiana. Practitioners even leveraged local figures like the mythohistoric Marie Laveau for spiritual purposes and entrepreneurial gain. All the while, they contributed to the cultural legacy that fueled New Orleans s tourist industry and drew visitors and their money to the Crescent City.

The book is published by Louisiana State University Press.

Critic Reviews:

"

Voodoo and Power provides intellectual and academic credibility to a subject that has been fraught with dubious scholarship...A much-needed perspective on a marginalized tradition that is shown to be nothing less than a true American religion.'' (

Journal of Southern Religion)

Members Reviews:

Brilliant, original analysis of power

Brilliant, original analysis of power, religion, and politics in New Orleans. I have long used Kodi Roberts' work in my classes. So, I am grateful to see it developed even further with grace and theoretical acumen. A must-read for scholars of the African diaspora, religion, and US history.

Five Stars

Exceeded expectations.

Roberts has done a great job in systematically explaining the times as they were

This book explains the dynamics of religion and power in NOLA. I did not understand how or why Blacks would choose to teach Whites about the very system that would protect them against harm from Whites. Now I understand that the society in NOLA was unique between Creoles and White in NOLA. I do not believe a relationship of this kind existed between the races anywhere else in the United States at this time in history. Prof. Roberts has done a great job in systematically explaining the times as they were. A great book for any student of history!

A fascinating look at the development of Voodoo in New ...

A fascinating look at the development of Voodoo in New Orleans and the societal implications that go along with the development of the religion in this unique society. Very intriguing and informative.