Black Magic

Black Magic
Author: Yvonne P. Chireau
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2006-11-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520249887

Black Magic looks at the origins, meaning, and uses of Conjure—the African American tradition of healing and harming that evolved from African, European, and American elements—from the slavery period to well into the twentieth century. Illuminating a world that is dimly understood by both scholars and the general public, Yvonne P. Chireau describes Conjure and other related traditions, such as Hoodoo and Rootworking, in a beautifully written, richly detailed history that presents the voices and experiences of African Americans and shows how magic has informed their culture. Focusing on the relationship between Conjure and Christianity, Chireau shows how these seemingly contradictory traditions have worked together in a complex and complementary fashion to provide spiritual empowerment for African Americans, both slave and free, living in white America. As she explores the role of Conjure for African Americans and looks at the transformations of Conjure over time, Chireau also rewrites the dichotomy between magic and religion. With its groundbreaking analysis of an often misunderstood tradition, this book adds an important perspective to our understanding of the myriad dimensions of human spirituality.

Literary Adaptations in Black American Cinema

Literary Adaptations in Black American Cinema
Author: Barbara Tepa Lupack
Publisher: University Rochester Press
Total Pages: 596
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781580461030

By contrast, in the works of black writers from Oscar Micheaux to Toni Morrison, the black experience has been more fully, more accurately, and usually more sympathetically realized; and from the early days of film, select filmmakers have looked to that literature as the basis for their productions.".

Nabokov's Eros and the Poetics of Desire

Nabokov's Eros and the Poetics of Desire
Author: M. Couturier
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2014-06-03
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1137404590

Nabokov gained international fame with Lolita, a highly erotic and morally disturbing novel. Through its comprehensive study of the amorous and sexual behaviors of Nabokov's characters this book shows how Eros, both as a clown or a pervert, contributes to the poetic excellence of his novels and accounts for the unfolding of the plots.

The Writing on the Wall

The Writing on the Wall
Author: Jack Lindsay
Publisher:
Total Pages: 290
Release: 1960
Genre: Graffiti
ISBN:

Thousands of inscriptions and notices on walls of the city are employed to reconstruct life prior to the eruption of Vesuvius, in 79 A. D.

Sapphira and the Slave Girl

Sapphira and the Slave Girl
Author: Willa Cather
Publisher:
Total Pages: 295
Release: 1970
Genre: Husband and wife
ISBN:

Sapphira Colbert, the wife of a Virginian mill owner in the 1850s, launches persecution of Nancy, a slave girl in her household, when she suspects her husband is interested in Nancy.

Freudian Repression

Freudian Repression
Author: Michael Billig
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1999-11-04
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780521659567

This book presents a reinterpretation of Freud to show how language can be expressive and repressive.