Black magic
Chireau, Yvonne Patricia, 1961-
Black magic religion and the African American conjuring tradition / [electronic resource] : Yvonne P. Chireau. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2003. - ix, 222 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
African Americans--Religion.
Electronic books.
BR563.N4 / C5 2003eb
291.3/2/08996073
Black magic religion and the African American conjuring tradition / [electronic resource] : Yvonne P. Chireau. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2003. - ix, 222 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
African Americans--Religion.
Electronic books.
BR563.N4 / C5 2003eb
291.3/2/08996073