Black magic : religion and the African American conjuring tradition / Yvonne P. Chireau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chireau, Yvonne Patricia, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Religion.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

ix, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003]

Summary:

This book is an examination of many of the supernatural beliefs and practices of black Americans, beginning in the slavery period, on through the 1930's.

Contents:

"Our religion and superstition was all mixed up": Conjure, Christianity, and African American supernatural traditions

"Africa was a land a' magic power since de beginnin' a history": Old world sources of conjuring traditions

"Folks can do yuh lots of harm": African American supernatural harming traditions

"Medical doctors can't do you no good": Conjure and African American traditions of healing

"We all believed in hoodoo": Conjure and Black American cultural traditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-207) and index.

ISBN:

0520209877

OCLC:

50844004