Matter, Magic, and Spirit : : Representing Indian and African American Belief / / David Murray.
The spiritual and religious beliefs and practices of Native Americans and African Americans have long been sources of fascination and curiosity, owing to their marked difference from the religious traditions of white writers and researchers. Matter, Magic, and Spirit explores the ways religious and...
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013] ©2007 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Hierarchies of Race and Religion: Fetishism, Totemism, Manitou, and Conjure
- Chapter 2. Superstition and Progress
- Chapter 3. Primitivism, Modernism, and Magic
- Chapter 4. Black Arts: Conjure and Spirit
- Chapter 5. The Return of the Fetish
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments