African American Folk Healing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20162498 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frederick L Ware (corresponding author), Frederick Ware |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 367-368 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pneuma (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-0965 • E-ISSN: 1570-0747 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/157007408x346717 |
| OpenAlex | W2051492417 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Book Reviews / Pneuma 30 (2008) 315-370 367 Stephanie Y. Mitchem, African American Folk Healing (New York: New York University Press, 2007). ix + 189 pp. $65.00 hardback; $20.00 paper. Stephanie Mitchem, womanist scholar and associate professor of religious studies at the University of South Carolina, defines African American folk healing as “the creatively developed range of activities and ideas that aim to balance and renew life” (p. 11). While various names, mostly vague and pejorative, have been used to identify African American folk healing — including conjure, conjuration, hoodoo, juju, rootwork, and superstition — Mitchem suggests instead that folk
African american · Archaeology · Ethnology · Folk religion · Pejorative · Superstition · Theology · Traditional medicine · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Medicine · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |