Black magic
Subtitle: religion and the African American conjuring tradition
By: Yvonne P. Chireau.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: African Americans -- Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-207) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Our religion and superstition was all mixed up": Conjure, Christianity, and African American supernatural traditions; title: "Africa was a land a' magic power since de beginnin' a history": Old world sources of conjuring traditions; title: "Folks can do yuh lots of harm": African American supernatural harming traditions; title: "Medical doctors can't do you no good": Conjure and African American traditions of healing; title: "We all believed in hoodoo": Conjure and Black American cultural traditions.