Conjure in African American society

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1. Verfasser: Anderson, Jeffrey E., 1974-
Körperschaft: ebrary, Inc
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2005.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: The invisible conjurer : the disappearance of hoodoo from conceptions of Black society
  • Vodu and minkisi : the African Foundation of Black American magic
  • Witches and medicine men : European and Native American building blocks of hoodoo
  • The conjurers' world : the social context of hoodoo in nineteenth-century Black life
  • The conjurers themselves : performing and marketing hoodoo
  • Conjure shops and manufacturing : changes in hoodoo into the twentieth century
  • The magic continues : hoodoo at the turn of the twenty-first century
  • Conclusion: The importance of conjure in African American society.