Feminist philosopher Dr. Lindsey Stewart&r squo\;s book\, \;The Conjuring of America: Mojos\, Merm aids\, Medicine\, and 400 Years of Black Women&rsquo\;s Magic\, t ells the stories of Negro Mammies of slavery\; the Voodoo Queens and Blues Women of Reconstruction\; and the Granny Midwives and textile weavers of the Jim Crow era. These women\, in secrecy and subterfuge\, courageously a nd devotedly continued their practices and worship for centuries and passe d down their traditions. \;
\nConjure informs our lives in ways remarkable and ordinary&mdash\;from traditional medicines that informed th e creation of Vicks VapoRub and the rise of Aunt Jemima&rsquo\;s Pancake M ix\, 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 sh ores\, conjure was heavily regulated and even outlawed. Now\, Stewart unco vers new contours of American history\, sourcing letters from the enslaved \, dispatches from the lore of Oshun and other African mystics. \; The Conjuring of America \;is a love letter to the real magic Bla ck women used\, their herbs\, food\, textiles\, song\, and dance\, used to sow rebellion\, freedom\, and hope.
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\nAbout the Author: Lindsey Stewart is a Black feminist philosopher and an Associate Professor of Phil osophy at the University of Memphis. She is the author of \;The Po litics of Black Joy. Her work has been featured in \;Blavity< /em>\, Signs\, Hypatia\, and the \;British Journ al for the History of Philosophy\, and she holds a 2021 Michael Beane y Prize. She lives in Memphis\, Tennessee.
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