| Description |
ix, 189 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-186) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Historical paths to healing -- Stories and cures : defining African American folk healing -- Healing, the Black body, and institutional medicine : contexts for crafting wellness -- Healing in place : from past to present -- Today's healing traditions -- Healing and hybridity in the twenty-first century -- Healing the past in the present -- Religion, spirituality, and African American folk healing -- Hoodoo, conjure, and folk healing -- Conclusion. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Folklore.
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African Americans -- Medicine.
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| ISBN |
9780814757314 cloth alkaline paper |
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0814757316 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780814757321 paperback alkaline paper |
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0814757324 paperback alkaline paper |
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