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Black magic :

Chireau, Yvonne Patricia, 1961-

Black magic : religion and the African American conjuring tradition / Yvonne P. Chireau. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2003. - ix, 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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.

0520209877 (alk. paper)

2002151315


African Americans--Religion.

BR563.N4 / C5 2003

291.3/2/08996073

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