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Witchcraft, sorcery, rumors, and gossip /
"This book combines two classic topics in social anthropology in a new synthesis: the study of witchcraft and sorcery and the study of rumors and gossip. It does so in two ways. First, it shows how rumor and gossip are invariably important as catalysts for accusations of witchcraft and sorcery....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Colección: | New departures in anthropology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book combines two classic topics in social anthropology in a new synthesis: the study of witchcraft and sorcery and the study of rumors and gossip. It does so in two ways. First, it shows how rumor and gossip are invariably important as catalysts for accusations of witchcraft and sorcery. Second, it demonstrates the role of rumor and gossip in the genesis of social and political violence, as in the case of both peasant rebellions and witch-hunts. Examples supporting the argument are drawn from Africa, Europe, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka. They include discussions of witchcraft trials in England and Scotland in the seventeenth century, witch-hunts and vampire narratives in colonial and contemporary Africa, millenarian movements in New Guinea, the Indian Mutiny in nineteenth-century Uttar Pradesh, and rumors of construction sacrifice in Indonesia."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 228 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511165862 9780511165863 0511184220 9780511184222 9780511616310 0511616317 9780511164736 0511164734 1280437316 9781280437311 9786610437313 6610437319 1107144019 9781107144019 0511312792 9780511312793 |