Working cures healing, health, and power on southern slave plantations

Working cures : healing, health, and power on southern slave plantations / Sharla M. Fett.

Author/creator	Fett, Sharla M.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Description	xiii, 290 p. ; ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Healing--Southern States --History. Enslaved persons--Health and hygiene --Southern States --History. Plantation life--Southern States --History. Enslaved persons--Medical care --Southern States --History. Health and race--Southern States --History. Enslaved persons--Southern States --Social conditions. Southern States--Social conditions.

Series	Gender and American culture Gender & American culture. ^A228874
Contents	Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 -- PART I. VISIONS OF HEALTH -- Chapter 1. Soundness 15 -- Chapter 2. Spirit and Power 36 -- Chapter 3. Sacred Plants 60 -- Chapter 4. Conjuring Community 84 -- PART II. ARENAS OF CONFLICT -- Chapter 5. Doctoring Women ll -- Chapter 6. Danger and Distrust 142 -- Chapter 7. Fooling the Master 169 -- Conclusion 193.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-279) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2001057016
ISBN	0807827096 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	080785378X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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