The Conjuring of America // Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women’s Magic

“InThe Conjuring of America, Lindsey Stewart offers nothing less than a rethinking of our national culture through the stories of ‘conjure women.’ When we talk about who and what has made our culture uniquely American, this essential story must be told, and Dr. Stewart does it with wisdom, erudition, and empathy.”–Jeff Chang, Ford fellow, historian, journalist and music critic, and author of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, Who We Be, and Water Mirror Echo

“WithThe Conjuring of Americawe welcomeLindsey Stewart to the table of hope, for her work is the deep, courage dive into the sea of lost truths. She recovers the critical treasures from the waters in her breathtaking honest and beautifully rendered new work. And we are the better for it.”—asha bandele, New York Times bestselling co-author of When They Call you a Terrorist and author of Daughter and The Prisoner’s Wife

Lindsey Stewartis a Black feminist philosopher and an Assistant Professor of philosophy at the University of Memphis. She is the author ofThe Politics of Black Joy. Her work has been featured inBlavity,Signs,Hypatia,and theBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy, and she holds a 2021 Michael Beaney Prize. She lives in Memphis, Tennessee.

• Publisher: Legacy Lit
• Publish Date: July 29, 2025
• Pages: 352
• Dimensions: 6.25 X 9.25 X 1.13 inches | 0.75 pounds
• Language: English
• Type: Hardcover
• EAN/UPC: 9781538769508
• BISAC Categories: History – African American & Black, History – Women, Social Science – Feminism & Feminist Theory, Philosophy – African, Body, Mind, & Spirit – Occultism