Conjuring Moments in African American Literature Women, Spirit Work, and Other Such Hoodoo
Description
This book engages the ways African American authors have shifted, recycled, and reinvented the conjure woman in fiction. Kameelah Martin Samuel traces her presence and function in twentieth-century literature through historical records, oral histories, blues music, and collections of African American folklore.
Keywords
Literary CriticismAmericanAfricanForeign Language StudyAfrican LanguagesSocial ScienceEthnic StudiesAfrican StudiesReligionLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsReferenceAnthropologyCultural & Social
2012Book
Author(s)Kameelah L. Martin
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9781137270474
LanguageEnglish
