Conjure in African American Society

ISBN: 0807133485 EAN: 9780807133484

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press (View Publisher's Titles)

US SRP: $ 22.95 US -

Binding: Paperback - Other Formats

Pub Date: August 01, 2008

Annotation: From black sorcerers' client-based practices in the antebellum South to the postmodern revival of hoodoo and its tandem spiritual supply stores, the supernatural has long been a key component of the African American experience. What began as a mixture of African, European, and Native American influences within slave communities finds expression today in a multimillion dollar business. In Conjure in African American Society, Jeffrey E. Anderson unfolds a fascinating story that traces the origins and evolution of conjuring practices across the centuries.