African American folk healing
By: Stephanie Y. Mitchem
Publisher: New York University Press; NYU Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9780814757314; 9780814757321
Subjects: African Americans -- Folklore; African Americans -- Medicine
Genres: Folklore
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-186) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Historical paths to healing; title: Stories and cures : defining African American folk healing; title: Healing, the Black body, and institutional medicine : contexts for crafting wellness; title: Healing in place : from past to present; title: Today's healing traditions; title: Healing and hybridity in the twenty-first century; title: Healing the past in the present; title: Religion, spirituality, and African American folk healing; title: Hoodoo, conjure, and folk healing; title: Conclusion