American Voudou: Journey Into a Hidden World (97 page)

Authors: Rod Davis

Tags: #Body; Mind & Spirit, #General, #Religion, #Ethnic & Tribal, #Social Science, #Ethnic Studies, #African American Studies, #test

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Ernesto Pichardo, CNN interview of, 257-60

"Hamadryad, The" (
New Orleans Daily Picayune
), 320-28

nudity, accounts of, 337

orgies, accounts of, 335-37

perspective, reporters' limited, 346

role of in demonization and trivialization of voudou, 346

satanic portrayal of voudou, 328

sensationalism in, 338

St. John's Feast, correlation with media coverage, 319

stereotypes in the press, 319

superstition, voudou portrayed as, 338

white participants, accounts of, 340-41

Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ, 54

Miami, Florida, prevalence of voudou in, 255

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