Description: Black Magic : Religion And the African American Conjuring Tradition, Paperback by Chireau, Yvonne Patricia, ISBN 0520249887, ISBN-13 9780520249882, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "Chireau has written a marvelous text on an important dimension of African American religious culture. Expanding beyond the usual focus of scholarship on Christianity, she describes and analyzes the world of magical-medical-religious practice, challenging hallowed distinctions among "religion" and "magic." Anyone interested in African American religion will need to reckon seriously with Chireau's text on conjure."--Albert J. Raboteau, Princeton University "Deprived of their own traditions and defined as chattel, enslaved Africans formed a new orientation in America. Conjuring--operating alongside of and within both the remnants of African culture and the acquired traditions of North America--served as a theoretical and practical mode of deciphering and divining within this, enabling them to create an alternate meaning of life in the New World. Chireau's is the first full-scale treatment of this important dimension of African American culture and religion. A wonderful book!"--Charles H. Long, Professor of History of Religions University of California, Santa Barbara and author of Significations: Signs, Symbols and Images in the Interpretation of Religion
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Book Title: Black Magic : Religion And the African American Conjuring Traditi
Item Length: 8.9in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Yvonne P. Chireau
Publication Name: Black Magic : Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2006
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 11.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 231 Pages
