Conjuring Moments in African American Literature: Women, Spirit Work, and Other Such Hoodoo

Samuel, K.

This book engages the ways African American authors have shifted, recycled, and reinvented the conjure woman in fiction. Kameelah Martin Samuel traces her presence and function in twentieth-century literature through historical records, oral histories, blues music, and collections of African American folklore.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-12-28

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349444342

DOI: 10.1057/9781137336811

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 189