Powwowing Among the Pennsylvania Dutch

Powwowing Among the Pennsylvania Dutch

EnglishPaperback / softback
Kriebel David W.
Pennsylvania State University Press
EAN: 9780271075754
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Known in Pennsylvania Dutch as Brauche or Braucherei, the folk-healing practice of powwowing was thought to draw upon the power of God to heal all manner of physical and spiritual ills. Yet some people believed—and still believe today—that this power to heal came not from God, but from the devil. Controversy over powwowing came to a climax in 1929 with the York Hex Murder Trial, in which one powwower killed another who, he believed, had placed a hex on him.

Based on seven years of fieldwork and extensive interviews, David Kriebel’s study reveals the vibrant world, history, and culture of powwowing in southeastern and central Pennsylvania. He describes, compares, and contrasts powwowing practices of the past and the present; discusses in detail the belief in powwowing as healing; and assesses the future of Braucherei. Biographical sketches of seven living powwowers shed additional light on this little-understood topic.

A groundbreaking inquiry into Pennsylvania German culture and history, Powwowing Among the Pennsylvania Dutch opens a window onto an archaic, semi-mystical tradition still very much in practice today.

EAN 9780271075754
ISBN 0271075759
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date July 15, 2016
Pages 312
Language English
Dimensions 229 x 152 x 22
Country United States
Readership General
Authors Kriebel David W.
Illustrations 1 Charts; 6 Halftones, black and white
Series Pennsylvania German History and Culture