Voodoo Hypothesis

by Canisia Lubrin

Book Overview

Voodoo Hypothesis is a subversion of the imperial construct of "blackness" and a rejection of the contemporary and historical systems that paint black people as inferior, through constant parallel representations of "evil" and "savagery." Pulling from pop culture, science, pseudo-science and contemporary news stories about race, Lubrin asks: What happens if the systems of belief that give science, religion and culture their importance were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1928088422
• ISBN13: 9781928088424
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Wolsak and Wynn
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"