Mojo Workin': The Old African American Hoodoo System
Description
This interdisciplinary study traces Hoodoo from its African cultural roots through its development in the Americas, revealing how a regional folk tradition became a broadly shared African American spiritual system. It examines Hoodoo’s herbal and healing practices, material culture, divination rituals, sacred dances, and enduring symbols such as the High John the Conquer root. The book also distinguishes the living traditions of Black Belt Hoodoo from commercialized versions shaped or misrepresented by outsiders, placing the practice within the larger history of African American religion, identity, and cultural survival. Richly researched and attentive to both history and lived practice, it offers a glossary-supported guide to a frequently misunderstood spiritual heritage.
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paperback
University of Illinois Press
Published Jan 1, 2013
234 pages
ISBN: 9780252037290
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First Published
2013
Language
eng
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