McGee, Adam M. “Haitian Vodou and Voodoo: Imagined Religion and Popular Culture.” Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 41.2 (2012): 231-56.
In “Haitian Vodou and Voodoo: Imagined Religion and Popular Culture”, Adam McGee touches on the differences between the religion that began in West Africa and immigrated to Haiti, Vodou, and the imagined religion that is now seen in New Orleans (and other parts of the U.S.), voodoo, and some of the background of both. However, his main focus is how the Vodou religion was incorporated into American popular culture. For example, McGee mentions some of the stereotypes associated with those that practice Vodou and how they are perceived in film, television and literature. He also expresses that there are
In “Haitian Vodou and Voodoo: Imagined Religion and Popular Culture”, Adam McGee touches on the differences between the religion that began in West Africa and immigrated to Haiti, Vodou, and the imagined religion that is now seen in New Orleans (and other parts of the U.S.), voodoo, and some of the background of both. However, his main focus is how the Vodou religion was incorporated into American popular culture. For example, McGee mentions some of the stereotypes associated with those that practice Vodou and how they are perceived in film, television and literature. He also expresses that there are