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1 online resource (ix, 189 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-186) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Historical paths to healing -- Stories and cures : defining African American folk healing -- Healing, the Black body, and institutional medicine : contexts for crafting wellness -- Healing in place : from past to present -- Today's healing traditions -- Healing and hybridity in the twenty-first century -- Healing the past in the present -- Religion, spirituality, and African American folk healing -- Hoodoo, conjure, and folk healing -- Conclusion. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Folklore.
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African Americans -- Folklore. |
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African Americans -- Medicine.
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African Americans -- Medicine. |
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African Americans. |
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Medicine, Traditional. |
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Black or African American. |
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Folklore. |
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Spiritual Therapies. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Folklore.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mitchem, Stephanie Y., 1950- African American folk healing. New York : New York University Press, ©2007 9780814757314 0814757316 (DLC) 2007001899 (OCoLC)81150114 |
| ISBN |
9781435607361 (electronic book) |
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1435607368 (electronic book) |
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9780814757314 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0814757316 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780814757321 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0814757324 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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