Conjuring Moments in African American Literature: Women, Spirit Work, and Other Such Hoodoo
K. Samuel
(Author)
Kameelah L. Martin
(Author)
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.Product Details
Price
$119.99
Publisher
Palgrave MacMillan
Publish Date
December 28, 2012
Pages
189
Dimensions
5.6 X 8.5 X 0.6 inches | 0.8 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781137270474
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About the Author
Kameelah L. Martin is a Vistiting Scholar in the Center for the Study of American Culture at the University of Houston.
Reviews
"Martin's work remedies a gap in academic scholarship that has overlooked the critical role that the conjurer woman has played in literature, and this work seems to elevate her to the status of cultural icon." (A Year's Work in English Studies, 2015)
