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Conjuring moments in African American literature : women, spirit work, and other such hoodoo

[NT 42944] Record Type:	[NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
[NT 47348] Title Information:	women, spirit work, and other such hoodoo
[NT 47261] Author:	MartinKameelah L., 1978-
[NT 47356] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility:	Palgrave Connect (Online service)
[NT 47351] Place of Publication:	New York
[NT 47263] Published:	Palgrave Macmillan;
[NT 47352] Year of Publication:	2013
[NT 50960] Edition:	1st ed.
[NT 47264] Description:	1 online resource (viii, 189 p.)
[NT 47266] Subject:	American fiction - African American authors -
[NT 47266] Subject:	American fiction - History and criticism. - 20th century -
[NT 47266] Subject:	Literature and folklore - History - United States - 20th century. -
[NT 47266] Subject:	Magicians in literature. -
[NT 47266] Subject:	African American women in literature. -
[NT 47266] Subject:	African American aesthetics. -
[NT 47266] Subject:	LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors. -
[NT 47266] Subject:	LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American. -
[NT 47266] Subject:	LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist. -
[NT 51458] Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137336811An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
[NT 47265] Notes:	Description based on print version record.
[NT 51398] Summary:	The monograph engages the ways African American authors have shifted, recycled, and reinvented the conjure woman in twentieth century fiction, constructing a historiography of the conjure woman as a recurring literary archetype. I develop a new vocabulary and framework (conjuring moments) with which to articulate a critical discourse surrounding the black conjuring woman and the use of African-centered cosmologies as a trope in African American literature. I argue that within the last century, African American writers have subverted the negative connotation of women and spirit work through their literary expressions. The conjure woman figure has evolved as a bio-mythography used to resist the subjugation and marginalization of black women and provides critical socio-cultural commentary, a role currently unmatched by other black female models and characterizations.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	9781137336811electronic bk.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	1137336811electronic bk.
[NT 60779] Content Note:	'Thou Shall Not Suffer a Witch to Live': Women and Spirit Work From Farce to Folk Hero; or a Twentieth-Century Revival of the Conjure Woman Troubling the Water: Conjure and Christ Of Blues Narratives and Conjure Magic: A Symbiotic Dialectic Coda: "Literature and Hoodoo ... Tools for Shaping the Soul"..

Conjuring moments in African American literature : women, spirit work, and other such hoodoo
Martin, Kameelah L.

Conjuring moments in African American literature : women, spirit work, and other such hoodoo / Kameelah L. Martin. - 1st ed.. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. - 1 online resource (viii, 189 p.).
'Thou Shall Not Suffer a Witch to Live': Women and Spirit Work.
Description based on print version record..
Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-183) and index..
ISBN 9781137336811ISBN 1137336811
American fictionAmerican fictionLiterature and folkloreMagicians in literature.African American women in literature.African American aesthetics.LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors.LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American.LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist. -- African American authors -- History and criticism. -- History -- United States -- 20th century -- 20th century.

Conjuring moments in African American literature : women, spirit work, and other such hoodoo
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