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Author Hazzard-Donald, Katrina, 1948-

Title Mojo workin' [electronic resource] : the old African American Hoodoo system / Katrina Hazzard-Donald.

Imprint Urbana [Ill.] : University of Illinois Press, c2013.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 234 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prescript -- Traditional religion in West Africa and in the new world: a thematic overview -- Disruptive intersection: slavery and the African background in the making of Hoodoo -- The search for High John the Conquer -- Crisis at the crossroads: sustaining and transforming Hoodoo's old black tradition from Emancipation to World War II -- The demise of Dr. Buzzard: black belt Hoodoo between the two World Wars -- Healin' da sick, raisin' da daid: Hoodoo as health care, root doctors, midwives, treaters -- Black belt Hoodoo in the post-World War II cultural environment -- Postscript.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Hoodoo (Cult)
Vodou -- United States.
African American magic.
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric -- United States.
African Americans -- Religion.
African Americans -- Folklore.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780252037290 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780252078767 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780252094460 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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