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Hex Workers: African American Women, Hoodoo, And Power In The Nineteenth- And Early Twentieth-Century U.S., Ann Kordas
Hex Workers: African American Women, Hoodoo, And Power In The Nineteenth- And Early Twentieth-Century U.S., Ann Kordas
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
The Croning Ceremony, Margaret Payerle
The Croning Ceremony, Margaret Payerle
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
The Circumference Of Community, Patricia A. F. O'Luanaigh Ma
The Circumference Of Community, Patricia A. F. O'Luanaigh Ma
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
Catharine Maria Sedgwick's Contributions To Transcendentalism, Sarah Kingston
Catharine Maria Sedgwick's Contributions To Transcendentalism, Sarah Kingston
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
Souvenir Program Booklet For The Women And Spirituality Symposium, Regennia N. Williams Phd, Patricia A. F. O'Luanaigh Ma
Souvenir Program Booklet For The Women And Spirituality Symposium, Regennia N. Williams Phd, Patricia A. F. O'Luanaigh Ma
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
Appropriating Balance: Reversing The Imbalance For Indigenous Women Through Spirituality, Candra Krisch
Appropriating Balance: Reversing The Imbalance For Indigenous Women Through Spirituality, Candra Krisch
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
I Don’T Ask God To Move The Mountain, Just Give Me The Strength To Climb It”: Disability Stories Of Southern Rural African American Women, Aline Gubrium
Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies
In this article, I focus on the life stories of African-American women living in a rural community in the South, particularly on their career trajectory stories. Life in this small community leaves little to offer in terms of work, with most women working either in a clothing factory in town, in the state prison located on the outskirts of town, or working in nearby University Town as nursing assistants or custodial workers—all jobs which rely on the participants’ strenuous labor and which often result in disabilities (often related to back or hip injuries) and the participants’ consequent inability to work …