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1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 189 pages) |
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text file |
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PDF |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-183) and index. |
| Contents |
'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." |
| Summary |
"This book engages the ways African American authors have shifted, recycled, and reinvented the conjure woman in fiction. The conjure woman is arguably one of the most adept agents of mobility, resistance, and self-determination in the realm of African American womanhood and Kameelah Martin Samuel traces her presence and function in twentieth-century literature through historical records, oral histories, blues music, and collections of African American folklore."--Provided by publisher |
| Access |
Concurrent user level: 1 user |
| Subject |
American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- African American authors. |
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American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Literature and folklore -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Literature and folklore. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Magicians in literature.
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African American women in literature.
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African American aesthetics.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Women Authors. |
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Magicians in literature. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- African American. |
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African American women in literature. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Feminist. |
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African American aesthetics. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Martin, Kameelah L., 1978- Conjuring moments in African American literature. 1st ed. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013 9781137270474 (DLC) 2012031263 (OCoLC)798615495 |
| ISBN |
9781137336811 (electronic book) |
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1137336811 (electronic book) |
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9781349444342 |
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1349444340 |
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9781137270474 |
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1137270470 |
| Standard No. |
10.1057/9781137336811 |
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40021844629 |
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