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1. "Midnight Scenes and Orgies": Public Narratives of Voodoo in New Orleans and Nineteenth-Century Discourses of White Supremacy.

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Gordon, Michelle Y.

Subjects
*VODOU, *WHITE supremacy, *SEGREGATION, *PREJUDICES, *NINETEENTH century, HISTORY of race relations in the United States, 19TH century history of New Orleans (La.)
Abstract

The article discusses 19th-century narratives of Voodoo activity in New Orleans, Louisiana. According to the author, these accounts racialized and eroticized Voodoo practices in order to support the social constructions of black criminality and hypersexuality which justified white supremacy and political violence. Particular focus is given to narratives emphasizing sexual relations between black men and white women. Other topics include Reconstruction, segregation, and allegations of rape committed against white women by black men.

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2012
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