| Conjuring Moments in African American Literature: Women, Spirit Work, and Other Such Hoodoo 2012 Edition Contributor(s): Samuel, K. (Author), Loparo, Kenneth A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349444340 ISBN-13: 9781349444342 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Feminist - Literary Criticism | American - African American - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 810.989 |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.52 lbs) 189 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |