Sentences with phrase «american folkloric»

Also known as «conjure» or «rootwork», hoodoo is a term used for a certain kind of African - American folkloric practice and belief.

Having made their way across the Atlantic with the slave trade, the elements of hoodoo frequently merge with European and Native American folkloric traditions and often incorporate Biblical psalms.

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During those two months in Iceland, Fischer attained a folkloric celebrity that attracted millions of Americans to a game they had long associated with the relative obscurity of park benches and coffeehouses.

«Grande dame,» «sex,» «Dieter Roth,» «femininity,» «proximity,» «censored,» «folkloric»: these are but a handful of platitudinous words that often describe American Dorothy Isnnone's decade - long practice.