Hazzard-Donald, Katrina, 1948-

Mojo workin' the old African American Hoodoo system / [electronic resource] : Katrina Hazzard-Donald. - Urbana [Ill.] : University of Illinois Press, c2013. - x, 234 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prescript -- Traditional religion in West Africa and in the new world: a thematic overview -- Disruptive intersection: slavery and the African background in the making of Hoodoo -- The search for High John the Conquer -- Crisis at the crossroads: sustaining and transforming Hoodoo's old black tradition from Emancipation to World War II -- The demise of Dr. Buzzard: black belt Hoodoo between the two World Wars -- Healin' da sick, raisin' da daid: Hoodoo as health care, root doctors, midwives, treaters -- Black belt Hoodoo in the post-World War II cultural environment -- Postscript.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Hoodoo (Cult)
Vodou--United States.
African American magic.
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric--United States.
African Americans--Religion.
African Americans--Folklore.


Electronic books.

BL2490 / .H39 2013eb

133.4308996073