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a1708: Re: a1702: You say Voodoo, I say Vodou (fwd)
From: Elizabeth McAlister <emcalister@mail.wesleyan.edu>
For what this is worth: I was just asked to write the Encyclopedia
Britannica entry on "Voodoo." I only accepted to write if they
agreed to spell it "Vodou." They agreed. I wrote the entry of a
religious tradition, spelling out its history and main theological
tenets. It will replace a very racist/imperialist entry that's there
now. Slowly, the new wave of writers, artists and representers,
will force change and respect.
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Elizabeth McAlister, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Religion
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT 06459-0029, USA
Tel: (860) 685-2289
Fax: (860) 685-2821
Internet home page: http://www.wesleyan.edu/religion/mcalister.htm
Rara book page: http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9291.html
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Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion
Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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