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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://cornell.worldcat.org/oclc/788272374 Title: Mojo workin' : the old African American Hoodoo system Author: Katrina Hazzard-Donald Publisher: Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, 2013. ISBN/ISSN: 9780252037290 0252037294 9780252078767 0252078764 9780252094460 0252094468 OCLC:788272374

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Mojo workin' : the old African American Hoodoo system

Author:	Katrina Hazzard-Donald
Publisher:	Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, 2013.
Edition/Format:	Book : English
Summary:	A bold new reconsideration of Hoodoo belief and practice

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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Katrina Hazzard-Donald Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780252037290 0252037294 9780252078767 0252078764 9780252094460 0252094468
OCLC Number:	788272374
Description:	x, 234 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:	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.
Responsibility:	Katrina Hazzard-Donald.
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"A powerful reinterpretation of African American Hoodoo. This comprehensive volume will be an important tool for anyone interested in African American folk belief and the supernatural." Jerrilyn Read more...

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