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Subject:

Voodoo and Witchcraft Book Call (was Call for Articles for Book)

From:

"nagasiva yronwode, YIPPIE Director" <[log in to unmask]>

Reply-To:

Society for The Academic Study of Magic <[log in to unmask]>

Date:

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:29:14 -0800

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hi Valerie!

it sure is good to see your name online. you were one of my first
personal and social introductions to the Neopagan and magical 
communities in the South SF Bay Area, and i always think of 
fondly of you and your work. :)

Valerie Voigt <[log in to unmask]>:
> This is on H-net: 
> http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=165801
> Dr. Anthony J. Stanonis
> School of History and Anthropology
> Queen's University Belfast
> Belfast BT7 1NN
> Northern Ireland
> United Kingdom
> Email: [log in to unmask]
 
> That Old Black Magic: Voodoo and Witchcraft in American Culture 
> (Essay Collection) This interdisciplinary essay collection 
> seeks to gather the latest scholarship on the history and 
> culture of voodoo and witchcraft in the United States. 

the intersection is interesting and sometimes extends to 
linguistic confusion based on term usage and publishing.

> This project aims to have scholars of voodoo and witchcraft 
> engaging each other in a forum that draws together
> insightful research examining questions of spirituality and
> representations of voodoo and witchcraft within American culture. 

one might also examine the connection between Voodoo (religion
stemming out of Africa/Benin extending to Haiti and into 
Louisiana and elsewhere).
 
> Essays that address any topics regarding voodoo/ hoodoo and 
> witchcraft in American culture are invited for submission, 

this is primarily why i am responding. this is the only mention
here of hoodoo, which extends from Africa out of the Congo more
specifically and therefore may be separated from other African
diaspora religious traditions (based on West Africa or Yoruba,
for example). the terminology is at points confused, however,
and some mesh or intermingle the diaspora in their presentations.

> including:
> 1.)	Representations of voodoo or witchcraft in 
> music / art / performance/ film
> 2.)	The uses and representation of voodoo or 
> witchcraft in nonfiction or fiction.
> 3.)	The uses and representation of voodoo as 
> a popular phrase, such as "voodoo science" 
> or "voodoo economics"

one might also track such terminology as 'mumbo jumbo'
(the sacred things) in this regard.

> 4.)	The role of voodoo in shaping white 
> perceptions of black culture
> 5.)	The role of witchcraft in shaping 
> gender perceptions
> 6.)	Biographies of white or black 
> practitioners and their community roles
> 7.)	Perceptions of Haiti and voodoo 
> within American culture
> 8.)	The material culture of voodoo and witchcraft
> 9.)	The marketing of voodoo and witchcraft in 
> Salem, New Orleans, etc.

I would think it would also be helpful to consider 
books by those ostensibly covering diasporic 
religious traditions who may or may not have been
well-informed on the subjects.

> 10.)	 And any other topics considered!
<snip>

my non-academic comments may be passed on if at all
helpful. thanks for letting me know about this!

nagasiva yronwode ([log in to unmask]), Director 
  YIPPIE*! -- http://www.yronwode.org/
----------------------------------------------------- 
  *Yronwode Institution for the Preservation
   and Popularization of Indigenous Ethnomagicology
----------------------------------------------------- 

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