Recovering the conjure woman: texts and contexts in Gloria Naylor's 'Mama Day.' (Black Women's Culture Issue)
From: African American Review
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Date: 6/22/1994
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Author: Tucker, Lindsey
Gloria Naylor's character Miranda Day in the novel 'Mama Day' encapsulates various qualities of the conjure woman. This character becomes Naylor's way of redefining an African-American symbol which has been stereotyped as malignant by several anthropologists. Miranda's prowess with herbal medicine wins her the respect of Dr Smithfield, an M.D., and distinguishes her from the hoodoo practitioner, Dr Buzzard. Naylor uses the trickster tradition to establish the healing and positive influence of ...
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