African American Folk Healing.

Cure a nosebleed by holding a silver quarter on the back of the neck. Treat an earache with sweet oil drops. Wear plant roots to keep from catching colds. Within many African American families, these kinds of practices continue today, woven into the fabric of black culture, often communicated throug...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mitchem, Stephanie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2007.
Temas:
African Americans > Medicine.
African Americans > Folklore.
African Americans.
Spiritual healing.
Folklore.
Medicine, Traditional
Black or African American
Folklore
Spiritual Therapies
Faith Healing
Noirs américains > Médecine.
Noirs américains > Folklore.
Noirs américains.
Guérison par la foi.
African American.
folklore (culture-related concept)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Spiritual healing
African Americans
African Americans > Medicine
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Cure a nosebleed by holding a silver quarter on the back of the neck. Treat an earache with sweet oil drops. Wear plant roots to keep from catching colds. Within many African American families, these kinds of practices continue today, woven into the fabric of black culture, often communicated through women. Such folk practices shape the concepts about healing that are diffused throughout African American communities and are expressed in myriad ways, from faith healing to making a mojo. Stephanie Y. Mitchem presents a fascinating study of African American healing. She sheds light on a variety o.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (199 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-186) and index.
ISBN:9780814759622
0814759629

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