Victor Опубликовано: 14 июня, 2016 Жалоба Share Опубликовано: 14 июня, 2016 Mojo Workin': The Old African American Hoodoo System Paperback – December 17, 2012 by Katrina Hazzard-Donald (Author) In this book, Katrina Hazzard-Donald explores African Americans' experience and practice of the herbal, healing folk belief tradition known as Hoodoo. Working against conventional scholarship, Hazzard-Donald argues that Hoodoo emerged first in three distinct regions she calls "regional Hoodoo clusters" and that after the turn of the nineteenth century, Hoodoo took on a national rather than regional profile. The first interdisciplinary examination to incorporate a full glossary of Hoodoo culture, Mojo Workin': The Old African American Hoodoo System lays out the movement of Hoodoo against a series of watershed changes in the American cultural landscape. Throughout, Hazzard-Donald distinguishes between "Old tradition Black Belt Hoodoo" and commercially marketed forms that have been controlled, modified, and often fabricated by outsiders; this study focuses on the hidden system operating almost exclusively among African Americans in the Black spiritual underground. Editorial Reviews Review Mojo Workin' is a key contribution to the study of Hoodoo in America, with some energizing new ideas about its origins, early expression, and broader religious aspects."--Journal of American Folklore"The book presents possibilities for reassessing some misunderstood aspects of the African American religious experience. It is with a profound respect for Hoodoo as a living practice that Hazzard-Donald brings a kind of moral authority to her scholarship. In so doing she also distills many of the polarizing dynamics present in Hoodoo-Conjure communities today."--Nova Religio "Hazzard-Donald set out to demonstrate the need to include African American Hoodoo in the study of African American religion in the New World. The search she presents in her work clearly validates the belief that there is a strong connection between African American Hoodoo and African American religion. . . . The author provides a great deal of research and analysis that is sure to aid scholars, students, and enthusiasts."--Journal of Folklore Research"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 "Hazzard-Donald's formulation of Hoodoo's evolution represents a new chronology for its study and transformation over time. It's a valuable contribution to the growing number of volumes concerned with African-based traditional spiritual beliefs in the New World."--American Studies Book Description A bold new reconsideration of Hoodoo belief and practice About the Author Katrina Hazzard-Donald is an associate professor of sociology, anthropology, and criminal justice at Rutgers University-Camden and the author of Jookin': The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African American Culture. Product Details Paperback: 248 pages Publisher: University of Illinois Press; 1st Edition edition (December 17, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0252078764 ISBN-13: 978-0252078767 Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces Источник: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0252078764 Цитата Ссылка на комментарий Поделиться на других сайтах More sharing options...
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