Conjuring Moments in African American Literature

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

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781137270474
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 810.9896073
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 189
Weight: 352g
Height: 223mm
Width: 138mm
Spine width: 19mm