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Voodoo Heritage by Michel Laguerre

In five pages this paper examines the anthropological text in an evaluation of the myths and rituals the author describes....

Voodoo

Introduction Many people are frightened of the religion of Voodoo, or they feel it is an evil religion, focusing on demons or jus...

Department of Canadian Heritage's Cultural Affairs Sector

are the strongest reflection of the diversity of multicultural issues and ideologies that underpin Canadian life. As a consequenc...

Exposure To A Different Culture

towards culturally different practices. 2. The Event In order to understand the ritual it is important to understand a i...

Historical Overview of Voodooism

African for Spirit(Corbett). "Vodou is tolerant. It receives. It honors and respects us all as though we were gifts. It tells us t...

Voodoo and Santeria

In thirteen pages this paper examines African religion and is subdivided into sections on Animism, Voodoo, and Santeria. Nine sou...

Haiti's Voodoo Culture

or, more generally, the dead; twins; and the spirits called loa. The spirits of power and wisdom typically vary from cult to cult,...

Zora Neale Hurston's Writings and Voodoo as Culture, Myth, and Religion

Voodoo is the focus of this paper consisting of eleven pages and considers how it is depicted in Zora Neale Hurston's writings and...

Voodoo Science by Robert Park

In five pages Voodoo Science by Robert Park is summarized and analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

An Eyewitness Voodoo Ritual Account

In this paper consisting of eleven pages an eyewitness account of a Vodun or Voodoo 'day of the dead' ritual is simulated and back...

Voodoo Symbolism and Its Problems

means than prose, being as diverse a means of communication as any medium. Identifying the inherent problems associated with comp...

Mystical Religion Santeria

owners, today one will find that Santeria is sprinkled with a mixture of both Spanish and African terms. That is based on this hi...

The Heritage Crusade And The Spoils Of History by David Lowenthal

the ancestral ties associated with the male gender were as strong as steel. However, not all men were deemed acceptable to adopt ...

Society and Sexual Repression According to Foucault

In five pages this paper examines sexuality and the repression that is caused by sexual obsession according to social theorist Mic...

Nature of Art and the Perceptions of Michel Foucault

viewpoint dictated, both in terms of the structure of the work - angle, perspective, distance and so on - and the content. From a ...

Pornography, Cosmetic Surgery and Sexual Ethics

This research paper analyzes the manner in which sexual ethics can be applied to issues pertaining to pornography and cosmetic sur...

Sexuality and Power

In five pages this paper considers the interpretation of power and sexuality by examining the theories of Michel Foucault and Cath...

Economic Values, Heritage, and Nonheritage Developments

poor areas also tend to suffer from social problems such as high crime rates and deterioration of the infrastructure, this may als...

Assessment of Graffiti Through Qualitative Research

same wavering existence. Q. Why art and not some other form of expression? A. Art is a cultural expression, one that does not rec...

Capital Punishment and Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish The Birth of the Prison

that punishment is really nothing more than the stronger, and perhaps more popular, individual asserting his power and rights over...

Michel de Montaigne Essays

out of these thoughts. The essays are deliberately unstructured,...

Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault

with a rational sense of understanding crime and punishment this does not appear to be punishment as much as it appears to be an a...

Marcia Baron, Philip Pettit, and Michel Slote on Three Methods of Ethics

This paper consists of five pages and contrasts and compares Baron's Kantian views, Pettit's consequentialist persperspectives, an...

Contemporary Prisons and Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault

Damiens, was executed in this manner on March 2, 1757. The records of this execution appear to be quite detailed, as Foucault rela...

Comparison Study of Prejudice and Heritage

In four pages this paper examines discrimination and prejudice in a comparative analysis of Charlayne Hunter Gault's In My Place a...

Michel Foucault on Knowledge, Power, and Video Art

In six pages this paper examines how human interaction study can apply Michel Foucault's philosophies of knowledge and power as il...

Feminism and Michel Foucault

In ten pages this paper discusses how Michel Foucault is largely responsible for postmodern and poststructural concepts of women w...

Short Eyes by Miguel Pinero

In five pages this paper discusses how the concepts featured in Discipline and Punish The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault ...

Virginia During the Eighteenth Century and the Contributions of African Americans

In three pages this paper discusses the African American importance to Virginia during the eighteenth century in an examination of...

'Newness' Concept of Salman Rushdie Applied to Foucault and Winterson

In five pages this report applies Rushdie's newness concept to gender stereotypes with an examination of Michel Foucault's The His...