Granny Midwives and Black Women Writers
Double-Dutched Readings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4546753 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kimberly Blockett (corresponding author), Valerie Lee (0000-0002-9601-7258) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 155 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African American Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-4783 • E-ISSN: 1945-6182 |
| Publisher | Penn State Press (Project Muse) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2901320 |
| OpenAlex | W618548296 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
Midwives, women healers and root workers have been central figures in the African American folk traditions. Particularly in Black communities in the rural south, these women served vital social, cultural and political functions. It was believed that they possessed magical powers: they negotiated the barrier between life and death and were often regarded as the knower in a community. Today even as medical science has discredited or superseded their power, granny midwives have resurfaced as pivotal characters in the narratives of contemporary African American literature. Granny Midwives and Black Women Writers examines the lives of real granny midwives and other healers--through oral narratives, ethnographic research and documentation--and considers them in tandem with their fictional counterparts in the work of Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, Alice Walker and others
Art · American Literature and Culture · History · Latin American and Latino Studies
The Cartography of Memory
A Laying on Hands
Extending the Line
Kali, Gangamai, and Dougla Consciousness in Moses Nagamootoo's Hendree's Cure
The Midwife's Bag, or, the Objects of Black Infant Mortality Prevention
Her Blue Body
A laying on of hands
An Inside Thing to Live by”
Normalizing Off-Label Experiments and the Pharmaceuticalization of Homebirths in Pakistan
African-American Midwifery, a History and a Lament
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2024 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |