Conjuring moments in african american literature: women, spirit work, and other such hoodoo
Auteur :
Samuel, K.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781137270474
Date de publication :
28 déc. 2012
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.