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Secret doctors : ethnomedicine of African Americans / Wonda L. Fontenot.
- Title
- Secret doctors : ethnomedicine of African Americans / Wonda L. Fontenot.
- Author
- Fontenot, Wonda L.
- Publication
- Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, [1994], ©1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | GR110.L5 F47 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxvi, 162 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Louisiana
- Plants, Medicinal
- Sociology, Medical
- Complementary Therapies
- Medicine, Traditional
- African Continental Ancestry Group
- African Americans > Louisiana > Religion
- Louisiana > Social life and customs
- Traditional medicine > Louisiana
- Religion and Medicine
- African Americans > Medicine > Louisiana
- Culture
- African Americans > Louisiana > Rites and ceremonies
- Note
- "This book ... began as my dissertation"--Pref. and acknowledgements.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-157) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Historic and Contemporary Opelousas Territory -- 2. African Americans and Medicine: A Historical Perspective -- 3. Secret Doctors Tell Their Stories -- 4. Madame Neau and Ethnopsychiatry -- 5. African-American Women and Health Care -- 6. Religion, Prayer Narratives, and Healing -- 7. Ritual Artifacts -- 8. Medical Ethnobotany of African Americans -- Appendix: Medical Ethnobotany Plant List.
- ISBN
- 0897893549 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 93040560
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries