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Witches and demons : a comparative perspective on witchcraft and Satanism /
Devil worship, black magic, and witchcraft have long captivated anthropologists as well as the general public. In this volume, Jean La Fontaine explores the intersection of expert and lay understandings of evil and the cultural forms that evil assumes. The chapters touch on public scares about devil...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2016.
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| Colección: | Studies in public and applied anthropology ;
v. 10. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Devil worship, black magic, and witchcraft have long captivated anthropologists as well as the general public. In this volume, Jean La Fontaine explores the intersection of expert and lay understandings of evil and the cultural forms that evil assumes. The chapters touch on public scares about devil-worship, misconceptions about human sacrifice and the use of body parts in healing practices, and mistaken accusations of children practicing witchcraft. Together, these cases demonstrate that comparison is a powerful method of cultural understanding, but warns of the dangers and mistaken conclusions that untrained ideas about other ways of life can lead to. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (150 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781785330858 1785330853 9781785331527 1785331523 9781785330865 1785330861 |