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Reveals the many ways that the Salem witch trials loomed over the American collective memory from the Revolution to the... Læs mere
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Reveals the many ways that the Salem witch trials loomed over the American collective memory from the Revolution to the... Læs mere
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Offers a range of literatures and mythologies such intimate aggression is a source of ultimate terror. This title sketches it as a central ember at the core of human relationships, one brutally revealed in the practice of witchcraft.
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In this book, Dunham reveals how her anthropological research, her work in dance, and her fascination for the people and cults of Haiti worked their spell, catapulting her into experiences that she was often lucky to survive.
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Presents an account of how people in the Taita Hills of Kenya have appropriated and made sense of development thought and practice, focusing on the complex ways that development connects with changing understandings of witchcraft.
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This work examines the phenomenon of demon possession in rural Russia. Drawing from a range of sources - religious, psychiatric, ethnographic and literary - Worobec looks at "klikushestuo" over a broad span of time but focuses mainly on the 19th and early-20th centuries.
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Examines Ukrainian witchcraft trials through quantitative data analysis, first exploring the ideological background based... Læs mere
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In early modern England, the practice of ritual or ceremonial magic - the attempted communication with angels and demons - both reinforced and subverted existing concepts of gender. This book provides an analysis of early modern ceremonial magic from a gender perspective.
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Provides detailed account of Ghanaian witchcraft beliefs and practices. Examines their role in fuelling attacks by aggrieved individuals and vigilante groups. Empirical focus, reflected in the use of case studies.
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Provides detailed account of Ghanaian witchcraft beliefs and practices. Examines their role in fuelling attacks by aggrieved individuals and vigilante groups. Empirical focus, reflected in the use of case studies.