Working cures : healing, health, and power on southern slave plantations /

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The author presents an exploration of black health under slavery, showing how herbalism, conjuring, midwifery and other African American healing practices became arts of resistance in the antebellum South - and exploring how these practices invoked conflicts between the slave doctors and the whites...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fett, Sharla M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002.
Colección:Gender & American culture.
Temas:
Healing > Southern States > History.
Enslaved persons > Health and hygiene > Southern States > History.
Plantation life > Southern States > History.
Enslaved persons > Medical care > Southern States > History.
Health and race > Southern States > History.
Enslaved persons > Southern States > Social conditions.
Black or African American > history
History, 19th Century
Medicine, Traditional > history
Guérison > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Esclaves > Santé et hygiène > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Vie dans les plantations > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Esclaves > Soins médicaux > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Santé et race > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Esclaves > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Healing
Health and race
Plantation life
Enslaved persons > Health and hygiene
Enslaved persons > Medical care
Enslaved persons > Social conditions
Social conditions
Medizinische Versorgung
Sklave
Plantage
Gesundheitsvorsorge
Slaven (arbeid)
Plantages.
Gezondheid.
Volksgeneeskunde.
Sekseverschillen.
Southern States > Social conditions.
Southeastern United States
États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
Southern States
USA > Südstaaten
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The author presents an exploration of black health under slavery, showing how herbalism, conjuring, midwifery and other African American healing practices became arts of resistance in the antebellum South - and exploring how these practices invoked conflicts between the slave doctors and the whites who attempted to supervise their work.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-279) and index.
ISBN:9780807898925
0807898929

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