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BL
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636445
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| Main Entry
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Mitchem, Stephanie Y.,1950-
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| Title & Author
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African American folk healing /\ Stephanie Y. Mitchem
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ix, 189 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9780814757314 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0814757316 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780814757321 (pbk : alk. paper)
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: 0814757324 (pbk : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-186) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Historical paths to healing -- Stories and cures : defining African American folk healing -- Healing, the Black body, and institutional medicine : contexts for crafting wellness -- Healing in place : from past to present -- Today's healing traditions -- Healing and hybridity in the twenty-first century -- Healing the past in the present -- Religion, spirituality, and African American folk healing -- Hoodoo, conjure, and folk healing -- Conclusion
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African Americans, Folklore.
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African Americans-- Medicine.
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| Dewey Classification
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398.2089/96073
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| LC Classification
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GR111.A47M575 2007
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