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Vodou has often served as a scapegoat for Haiti's problems, from political upheavals to natural disasters. This tradition of scapegoating stretches back to the nation's founding and forms part of a contest over the legitimacy of the religion, both beyond and within Haiti's borders. The Spirits and the Law examines that vexed history, asking why, from 1835 to 1987, Haiti banned many popular ritual practices.
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Religion, Religion and law, Nationalism, Vodou, History, Recht, Staat, Religious aspects, Wodu, Volksreligion, Voodooism, Caribbean area, religion, Law, caribbean areaPlaces
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Spirits and the Law: Vodou and Power in Haiti
2014, University of Chicago Press
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Crimes of ritual assembly and assemblage in colonial and revolutionary Saint-Domingue
Popular spirituality and national modernity in nineteenth-century Haiti
Penalizing vodou and promoting "voodoo" in U.S.-occupied Haiti, 1915-1934
Cultural nationalist policy and the pursuit of "superstition" in post-occupation Haiti.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-403) and index.
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