Category Archives: Healing
More than Skin Deep? Haitian Vodou, Corporate Social Activism and the Commodification of Healing
“In partnership with Direct Relief, The Vaseline® Healing Project is an aid effort to provide dermatological care, Vaseline® Jelly & medical supplies needed to help heal the skin of people affected by poverty or emergencies around the world.” As I … Continue reading
Posted in Africana Religions, Healing, Religious Studies
Tagged Haitian Vodou, Healing, religion
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The Buddha in the Botanica
Many years ago I came upon an interesting presence while visiting El Cobre, a village in southeastern Cuba. Translated simply as “Copper,” El Cobre is well known for its 19th century mining concerns, but even more famously, it is the site … Continue reading
Posted in Africana Religions, Healing, Hoodoo, Magic, Religious Studies, Uncategorized
Tagged Africana religions, Botanicas, Buddha, Chinese, Conjure, Hoodoo, magic, multiculturalism, New World
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Important Things
Bravo to Duke University for their excellent digital archive of twentieth century advertisements! Although it didn’t help me to find any more Hoodoo and Conjure ads, they sure helped me feel better about being a woman.
Posted in Digital, Healing, Uncategorized
Tagged advertisements, are you kidding me, tampon ads
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