African American folk healing [[electronic resource] /] / Stephanie Y. Mitchem

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452109903321
• Autore: Mitchem Stephanie Y. <1950->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : New York University Press, c2007
• ISBN: 0-8147-9635-4; 0-8147-5962-9; 1-4356-0736-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 398.2089/96073
• Soggetti: African Americans; African Americans - Medicine; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-186) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Historical paths to healing -- Stories and cures : defining African American folk healing -- Healing, the Black body, and institutional medicine : contexts for crafting wellness -- Healing in place : from past to present -- Today's healing traditions -- Healing and hybridity in the twenty-first century -- Healing the past in the present -- Religion, spirituality, and African American folk healing -- Hoodoo, conjure, and folk healing -- Conclusion.