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Conjure in African American society / Jeffrey E. Anderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, Jeffrey E., 1974-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hoodoo (Cult).
- Magic.
- Vodou--United States.
- Vodou.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 230 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2005]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-220) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
- OCLC:
- 423820224
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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