2 Healing, the Black Body, and Institutional Medicine: Contexts for Crafting Wellness

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I Historical Paths to Healing
6. 1 Stories and Cures: Defining African American Folk Healing 9
7. 2 Healing, the Black Body, and Institutional Medicine: Contexts for Crafting Wellness 34
8. 3 Healing in Place: From Past to Present 53
9. II Today’s Healing Traditions
10. 4 Healing and Hybridity in the Twenty-First Century 75
11. 5 Healing the Past in the Present 99
12. 6 Religion, Spirituality, and African American Folk Healing 119
13. 7 Hoodoo, Conjure, and Folk Healing 141
14. Conclusion 163
15. Notes 169
16. Bibliography 181
17. Index 187
18. About the Author 189