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From the earliest slave narratives to modern fiction by the likes of Colson Whitehead and Jesmyn Ward, African American authors have drawn on African spiritual practices as literary inspiration, and as a way to maintain a connection to Africa. This volume has collected new essays about the multiple ways African American authors have incorporated Voodoo, Hoodoo and Conjure in their work. Among the authors covered are Frederick Douglass, Shirley Graham, Jewell Parker Rhodes, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Ntozake Shange, Rudolph Fisher, Jean Toomer, and Ishmael Reed.

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Voodoo  Hoodoo and Conjure in African American Literature
  • Author : James S. Mellis
  • Release : 20 June 2019
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • ISBN : 9781476669625
  • Genre : Literary Criticism
  • Total Page : 190 pages
  • Language : English
  • PDF File Size : 14,5 Mb

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