Black Magic: Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition

by Yvonne P. Chireau

Paperback, 2006

Status

Available

Call number

291.3

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Publication

University of California Press (2006), Edition: First, 234 pages

Description

Black Magic looks at the origins, meaning, and uses of Conjure--the African American tradition of healing and harming that evolved from African, European, and American elements--from the slavery period to well into the twentieth century. Illuminating a world that is dimly understood by both scholars and the general public, Yvonne P.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

232 p.; 9 inches

ISBN

0520249887 / 9780520249882

Local notes

MJW, doctoral dissertation turned into a book

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