| Contents |
Prescript -- Traditional religion in West Africa and in the new world: a thematic overview -- Disruptive intersection: slavery and the African background in the making of Hoodoo -- The search for High John the Conquer -- Crisis at the crossroads: sustaining and transforming Hoodoo's old black tradition from Emancipation to World War II -- The demise of Dr. Buzzard: black belt Hoodoo between the two World Wars -- Healin' da sick, raisin' da daid: Hoodoo as health care, root doctors, midwives, treaters -- Black belt Hoodoo in the post-World War II cultural environment -- Postscript. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-225) and index. |
| LCCN | 2012020649 |
| ISBN | 9780252037290 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0252037294 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780252078767 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0252078764 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780252094460 (ebk.) |
| ISBN | 0252094468 (ebk.) |
| Standard identifier# |
40021813222 |
