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literature list on: Religion: Voodoo
number of items: 35
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#1
Belling, Werner: Voodoo ist in: Die Schlange im Regenbogen. In: Phantastische Zeiten 1988. No. 4(5). p. 17.
Description:
 On Wes Craven’s The Serpent and the Rainbow. 
Index:
 Craven, Wes 
 Serpent and the Rainbow, The (1988) 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
#2
Bishop, Kyle: The sub-subaltern monster: Imperialist hegemony and the cinematic voodoo zombie. In: Journal of American Culture 31. 2008. No. 2. [June] pp. 141-152.
Description:
 On Victor Halperin’s White Zombie. 
Index:
 Halperin, Victor 
 White Zombie (1932) 
 Zombies ~ Zombies 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
 Monster ~ Monster 
#3
Bishop, Kyle William: American zombie gothic: The rise and fall (and rise) of the walking dead in popular culture. Foreword by Jerrold E. Hogle. - Jefferson, North Carolina; London: McFarland 2010.
Reviews:
 Ellbé, Charlie: [untitled.] In: Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts 24. 2013. No. 3. [?D] pp. 500-502. 
Index:
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
 Zombies ~ Zombies 
 USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America) 
 Horror ~ Horror 
#4
Burger, Anke Caroline: Mambos und Mammies: Schwarze Frauen im amerikanischen Spielfilm 1985-1991. - Berlin: John F. Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien 1995. (= Berliner Beiträge zur Amerikanistik 3.)
Reviews:
 Rieser, Susanne: [untitled] In: Blimp 1997. No. 36. [?D] pp. 65-67. 
Description:
 Discusses, among others, the portrayal of a voodoo priest in Alan Parker’s Angel Heart and of the black female vampire in Def by Temptation. 
Index:
 Parker, Alan 
 James Bond III 
 Angel Heart (1987) 
 Def by Temptation (1990) 
 Religion ~ Religion 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
 Vampire ~ Vampires 
 USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America) 
 Frauen ~ Women 
#5
Chainey Gagnon, Vicky: At the crossroads: Maya Deren’s Divine Horsemen project. - Toronto, Ontario: York University, M.A. 2006. [Abstract in: Masters Abstracts International 44. 2006. No. 4. p. 1549.]
Description:
 On Deren’s interest in the Haitian Voodoo religion. 
Index:
 Derenkowitsch, Eleonora [Pseudonym: Deren, Maya] 
 Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1985) 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
 Religion ~ Religion 
 Haiti ~ Haiti 
#6
Daas, Martha: Ian Fleming’s solitaire: The voodoo virgin dethroned. In: James Bond in world and popular culture: The films are not enough. Edited by Jan Becker, Robert G. Weiner and B. Lynn Whitfield. - Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars 2010. p. ?P.
Index:
 James Bond (Filmreihe) 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
 James Bond ~ James Bond 
#7
Duvoli, John R.: Casting voodoo spells: Analysing Devil Doll and Curse of the Voodoo. In: Midnight Marquee 1990. No. 40. [Spring] pp. 18-22.
Description:
 On voodoo films, especially on the two films by Tod Browning and Lindsay Shonteff. 
Index:
 Browning, Tod 
 Shonteff, Lindsay 
 Devil Doll, The (1936) 
 Curse of the Voodoo (1965) 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
#8
Fenton, Louise: Representations of Voodoo: The history and influence of Haitian Vodou within the cultural productions of Britain and America since 1850. - Coventry: University of Warwick, Ph.D. 2009. [Abstract in: Index to Theses with Abstracts 60-14085.]
Description:
 Discusses the representation of Voodoo religion in literature, film, animation, theatre and television. 
Index:
 USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America) 
 Theater ~ Theatre 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
 Religion ~ Religion 
 Literatur ~ Literature 
 Haiti ~ Haiti 
 Fernsehen ~ Television 
 Animation ~ Animation 
#9
Gelder, Ken: "The forest of Haitian becoming": Haitian voodoo, culture and counterculture. In: Paradoxa 2002. No. 17. [?D] pp. 77-92.
Index:
 Wald ~ Wood 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
 Religion ~ Religion 
 Haiti ~ Haiti 
#10
Hicks, Heather J.: Hoodoo economics: White men’s work and black men’s magic in contemporary American film. In: Camera Obscura 18. 2003. No. 53. [August] pp. 26-55.
Description:
 On the representation of the black men with magical abilities in contemporary US film. Discusses M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable, Frank Darabont’s The Green Mile and Brett Ratner’s Family Man. 
Index:
 Shyamalan, M. Night 
 Darabont, Frank 
 Ratner, Brett 
 Unbreakable (2000) 
 Green Mile, The (1999) 
 Family Man (2000) 
 Wirtschaft ~ Economy 
 USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America) 
 Magie ~ Magic 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
#11
Horror-Cinema. Hrsg. von Jonathan Penner, Steven J. Schneider und Paul Duncan. - Hong Kong; Köln; London; Los Angeles; Madrid; Paris; Tokyo: Taschen 2008.
Reviews:
 Beierle, Felix: [untitled.] In: Medienwissenschaft 2009. No. 3. p. 307. 
Description:
 Includes articles on slasher films and serial killers, cannibals, freaks and backwoodsmen, the revenge of nature, science-fiction-horror, zombies and living dead, ghosts and haunted houses, possesed, demons and devilish villains, voodoo, sects and satanists, vampires and werewolves and finally monsters in female form. 
Index:
 Wald ~ Wood 
 Zombies ~ Zombies 
 Wölfe ~ Wolves 
 Vampire ~ Vampires 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
 Religion: Teufel ~ Religion: Devil 
 Natur ~ Nature 
 Mord ~ Murder 
 Monster ~ Monster 
 Kannibalismus ~ Cannibalism 
 Horror ~ Horror 
 Geister ~ Ghosts 
 Frauen ~ Women 
 Dämonen ~ Demons 
 Böse, Das ~ Evil, The 
#12
Krzywinska, Tanya: A skin for dancing in: Possession, witchcraft and voodoo in film. - Westport, Connecticut: Praeger 2002.
Index:
 Tanz ~ Dance 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
 Religion: Okkultismus ~ Religion: Occultism 
 Religion: Hexen ~ Religion: Witches 
#13
Krzywinska, Tanya: A skin for dancing in: Possession, witchcraft and voodoo in film. - Trowbridge, Wiltshire: Flicks Book 2000.
Index:
 Tanz ~ Dance 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
 Religion: Okkultismus ~ Religion: Occultism 
 Religion: Hexen ~ Religion: Witches 
#14
Magid, Ron: Batman voodoo mostly from Britain. In: American Cinematographer 70. 1989. No. 12. [December] pp. 58-64.
Description:
 Especially on the work of special effects artist Derek Meddings. 
Index:
 Burton, Tim 
 Meddings, Derek 
 Batman (1989) 
 Technik: Spezialeffekte ~ Technology: Special Effects 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
#15
Magid, Ron: The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Voodoo tale. In: American Cinematographer 69. 1988. No. 7. [July] pp. 28-32.
Description:
 On the special effects for that film. 
Index:
 Craven, Wes 
 Serpent and the Rainbow, The (1988) 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
 Technik: Spezialeffekte ~ Technology: Special Effects 
#16
Martin, Kameelah L.: Envisioning Black feminist voodoo aesthetics: African spirituality in American cinema. - Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books 2016. (= Black diasporic worlds: Origins and evolutions from new world slaving.)
Index:
 USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America) 
 Religion ~ Religion 
 Afrika ~ Africa 
 Frauen ~ Women 
 Ethnie ~ Ethnicity 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
#17
Martin, Kameelah L.: For us, by us: Black feminist narratives of resistance in the independent films of Julie Dash and Kasi Lemmons. In: Martin, Kameelah L.: Envisioning Black feminist voodoo aesthetics: African spirituality in American cinema. - Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books 2016. (= Black diasporic worlds: Origins and evolutions from new world slaving.) p. ?P.
Index:
 Dash, Julie 
 Lemmons, Kasi 
 USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America) 
 Religion ~ Religion 
 Afrika ~ Africa 
 Frauen ~ Women 
 Ethnie ~ Ethnicity 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
#18
Martin, Kameelah L.: Introduction: Towards a Black feminist voodoo aesthetic. In: Martin, Kameelah L.: Envisioning Black feminist voodoo aesthetics: African spirituality in American cinema. - Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books 2016. (= Black diasporic worlds: Origins and evolutions from new world slaving.) p. ?P.
Index:
 USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America) 
 Religion ~ Religion 
 Afrika ~ Africa 
 Frauen ~ Women 
 Ethnie ~ Ethnicity 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
#19
Martin, Kameelah L.: Mambos, chickens, and blood: Disrupting visual pleasure in Alan Parker’s Angel Heart. In: Martin, Kameelah L.: Envisioning Black feminist voodoo aesthetics: African spirituality in American cinema. - Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books 2016. (= Black diasporic worlds: Origins and evolutions from new world slaving.) p. ?P.
Index:
 Parker, Alan 
 Angel Heart (1987) 
 Blut ~ Blood 
 USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America) 
 Religion ~ Religion 
 Afrika ~ Africa 
 Frauen ~ Women 
 Ethnie ~ Ethnicity 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
#20
Martin, Kameelah L.: Subversion and entertainment: Elegba, trickery, and Black female absence in The Skeleton Key. In: Martin, Kameelah L.: Envisioning Black feminist voodoo aesthetics: African spirituality in American cinema. - Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books 2016. (= Black diasporic worlds: Origins and evolutions from new world slaving.) p. ?P.
Index:
 Softley, Iain 
 Skeleton Key, The (2005) 
 USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America) 
 Religion ~ Religion 
 Afrika ~ Africa 
 Frauen ~ Women 
 Ethnie ~ Ethnicity 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
#21
Martin, Kameelah L.: Vintage Hollywood voodoo: The Black priestess in 1930s cinema. In: Martin, Kameelah L.: Envisioning Black feminist voodoo aesthetics: African spirituality in American cinema. - Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books 2016. (= Black diasporic worlds: Origins and evolutions from new world slaving.) p. ?P.
Index:
 Hollywood ~ Hollywood 
 USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America) 
 Religion ~ Religion 
 Afrika ~ Africa 
 Frauen ~ Women 
 Ethnie ~ Ethnicity 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
#22
Martin, Kameelah L.: Voodoo in Disneyland? Spiritual appropriation by the mouse; or imagineered voodoo aesthetics. In: Martin, Kameelah L.: Envisioning Black feminist voodoo aesthetics: African spirituality in American cinema. - Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books 2016. (= Black diasporic worlds: Origins and evolutions from new world slaving.) p. ?P.
Index:
 Mickey Mouse ~ Mickey Mouse 
 Disney ~ Disney 
 USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America) 
 Religion ~ Religion 
 Afrika ~ Africa 
 Frauen ~ Women 
 Ethnie ~ Ethnicity 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
#23
McCloskey, Susan: Shakespeare, Orson Welles, and the "Voodoo" Macbeth. In: Shakespeare Quarterly 36. 1985. No. 4. [?D] pp. 406-416.
Index:
 Welles, Orson 
 Shakespeare, William 
 Macbeth (1948) 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
#24
Müller-Lobeck, Christiane: Der verbotene Schlüssel: Hoodoo im tiefsten Süden: Psychothriller mit Staraufgebot. In: EPD Film 22. 2005. No. 8. [August] p. 51.
Description:
 On Iain Softley’s The Skeleton Key. 
Index:
 Softley, Iain 
 Skeleton Key, The (2005) 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
 Thriller ~ Thriller 
 Psychologie ~ Psychology 
#25
Nayman, Adam: Me and my shadow: Michelange Quay’s Eat, for This Is My Body. In: Cinema Scope ?G. 2008. No. 33. [Winter] pp. 38-43.
Index:
 Quay, Michelange 
 Mange, ceci est mon corps (2007) 
 Haiti ~ Haiti 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
#26
Petermann, Werner: Schwarzer Schrecken: Dschungelabenteuer, Mau Mau und Voodoo: Einblicke in den dunklen Kontinent des weißen Kinos. In: Africa screams: Das Böse in Kino, Kunst und Kult: Anlässlich der Ausstellung "Africa Sreams - Das Böse in Kino, Kunst und Kult", Iwalewa-Haus der Universität Bayreuth (29. April bis 12. September 2004) / Museum der Weltkulturen Frankfurt a.M. (8. Juli 2005 bis 15. Januar 2006). Hrsg. von Tobias Wendl. - Wuppertal: Hammer 2004. pp. 271 ff.
Index:
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
 Kunst ~ Arts, The 
 Dschungel ~ Jungle 
 Angst ~ Fear 
 Abenteuer ~ Adventure 
 Böse, Das ~ Evil, The 
 Afrika ~ Africa 
#27
Saunders, Steven: The darker angels of our nature: The South in American horror film. - Oxford, Mississippi: University of Mississippi, M.A. 2013. [Abstract In: Masters Abstracts International 52. 2014. No. 1. [February] p. ?P.]
Description:
 Discusses especially the redneck the voodoo motiv in horror film. 
Index:
 USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America) 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
 Religion: Engel ~ Religion: Angels 
 Horror ~ Horror 
#28
Senn, Bryan: Drums of terror: Voodoo in the cinema. - Baltimore, Maryland: Midnight Marquee Press 1998.
Reviews:
 Sullivan, Drew: [untitled] In: Scarlet Street 1998. No. 30. [?D] p. 66. 
Index:
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
#29
Stahl, Eric: Liebe, Lust und Voodoo-Zauber: Am Set von Keiner liebt mich. In: Cinema [Hamburg] 1994. No. 8(195). [?D] pp. 74-75.
Index:
 Dörrie, Doris 
 Keiner liebt mich (1994) 
 Magie ~ Magic 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
#30
Stokes, Jordan Carmalt: Music and genre in film: Aesthetics and ideology. - New York: City University of New York, Ph.D. 2013. [Abstract in: Dissertation Abstracts International A 75. 2014. No. 2. [August] p. ?P.]
Description:
 Includes a chapter on music in horror film. Discusses espcially the scores for the voodoo zombie films of the 1930s and 1940s. 
Index:
 Zombies ~ Zombies 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
 Politik ~ Politics 
 Musik ~ Music 
 Horror ~ Horror 
#31
Sulikowski, Ulrike: Voodoo, Zombies, Zauberei: Über Horrorfilm und Fremddarstellung. In: Sprung im Spiegel: Filmisches Wahrnehmen zwischen Fiktion und Wirklichkeit. Hrsg. von Christa Blümlinger. - Wien: Sonderzahl Verlag 1990. pp. 227-258.
Index:
 Magie ~ Magic 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
 Zombies ~ Zombies 
 Horror ~ Horror 
#32
Szebin, Frederick C.: Serpent and the Rainbow: Wes Craven sees voodoo shockumentary as a step from Elm Street. In: Cinefantastique 18. 1988. No. 2/3. [March] pp. 15, 121.
Index:
 Craven, Wes 
 Serpent and the Rainbow, The (1988) 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
 Angst ~ Fear 
#33
Warner, Marina: Voodoo road. In: Sight and Sound NS 7. 1997. No. 8. [August] pp. 6-10.
Description:
 On David Lynch’s Lost Highway. 
Index:
 Lynch, David 
 Lost Highway (1996) 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
#34
White, Dave: Voodoo in the house. In: Advocate: The National Gay & Lesbian Newsmagazine 2004. No. 910. [March 16] p. 61.
Index:
 Mad Mad House (TV) 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
#35
Williams, David E.: Hoodoo guru. In: Cinefantastique 37. 2005. No. 6/7. [September/October] pp. 4-5.
Description:
 On Iain Softley’s The Skeleton Key. 
Index:
 Softley, Iain 
 Skeleton Key, The (2005) 
 Religion: Voodoo ~ Religion: Voodoo 
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