TY - BOOK AU - Anderson,Jeffrey E. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Conjure in African American society AV - BL2490 .A64 2005eb U1 - 133.4/3/08996073 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Baton Rouge PB - Louisiana State University Press KW - Hoodoo (Cult) KW - Magic KW - Voodooism KW - United States KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-220) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10285389 ER -