Feminist phi losopher Dr. Lindsey Stewart&rsquo\;s book\, \;The Conjuring of Am erica: Mojos\, Mermaids\, Medicine\, and 400 Years of Black Women&rsquo\;s Magic\, tells the stories of Negro Mammies of slavery\; the Voodoo Q ueens and Blues Women of Reconstruction\; and the Granny Midwives and text ile weavers of the Jim Crow era. These women\, in secrecy and subterfuge\, courageously and devotedly continued their practices and worship for cent uries and passed down their traditions. \;
\nConjure informs our lives in ways remarkable and ordinary&mdash \;from traditional medicines that informed the creation of Vicks VapoRub a nd the rise of Aunt Jemima&rsquo\;s Pancake Mix\, to the original magic of Disney&rsquo\;s \;The Little Mermaid (2023)\, \;and the true origins of the all-American classic blue jean.
\nFrom the moment enslaved Africans first arrived on these s hores\, conjure was heavily regulated and even outlawed. Now\, Stewart unc overs new contours of American history\, sourcing letters from the enslave d\, dispatches from the lore of Oshun and other African mystics. \;The Conjuring of America \;is a love letter to the real magic Black women used\, their herbs\, food\, textiles\, song\, and dance\, used to sow reb ellion\, freedom\, and hope.
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\nAbout the Author: Lindsey Stewart is a Black fem inist philosopher and an Associate Professor of philosophy at the Universi ty of Memphis. She is the author of \;The Politics of Black Joy. Her w ork has been featured in \;Blavity\, Signs\, Hypatia\, and the \;B ritish Journal for the History of Philosophy\, and she holds a 2021 Michae l Beaney Prize. She lives in Memphis\, Tennessee. \;
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