Conjuring Moments in African American Literature
Women, Spirit Work, and Other Such Hoodoo
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, African, American
| Author: | Kameelah L. Martin, K. Samuel | ISBN: | 9781137336811 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | December 27, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kameelah L. Martin, K. Samuel |
| ISBN: | 9781137336811 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | December 27, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
