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Author:
Mitchem, Stephanie Y., 1950-
Title:
African American folk healing / Stephanie Y. Mitchem.
Publisher:
New York University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2007
Description:
ix, 189 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
African Americans--Folklore--Folklore.
African Americans--Medicine.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
ISBN:
0814757324 (pbk : alk. paper)
9780814757321 (pbk : alk. paper)
0814757316 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814757314 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)81150114
LCCN:
2007001899
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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