Mojo Workin'
The Old African American Hoodoo System
$71.62
- Paperback
248 pages
- Release Date
14 January 2013
Summary
A bold reconsideration of Hoodoo belief and practice
Katrina Hazzard-Donald explores African Americans’ experience and practice of the herbal, healing folk belief tradition known as Hoodoo. She examines Hoodoo culture and history by tracing its emergence from African traditions to religious practices in the Americas. Working against conventional scholarship, Hazzard-Donald argues that Hoodoo emerged first in three distinct regions she calls “regional Hoodoo clusters” and that after …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780252078767 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0252078764 |
| Author: | Katrina Hazzard-Donald |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
| Imprint: | University of Illinois Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 14 January 2013 |
| Weight: | 399g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 20mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“A powerful reinterpretation of African American Hoodoo. This comprehensive volume will be an important tool for anyone interested in African American folk belief and the supernatural.” Jerrilyn McGregory, author of Downhome Gospel: African American Spiritual Activism in Wiregrass Country
About The Author
Katrina Hazzard-Donald
Katrina Hazzard-Donald is a professor of sociology at Rutgers University-Camden and the author of Jookin’: The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African American Culture.
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