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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Understanding the Other
- Chapter 1 Hidden Enemies: Evil at the End of the Millennium
- Chapter 2 Concepts of Evil, Witchcraft and the Sexual Abuse of Children in Modern England
- Chapter 3 Ritual Murder?
- Chapter 4 Magic and Medicine: The Torso in the Thames
- Chapter 5 Child Witches in London: Tradition and Change in Religious Belief
- Chapter 6 Evil and Children: The Morality of Childhood
- Chapter 7 Pastors and Witches
- Chapter 8 London's Witch Children
- Conclusion: Continuities and Changes
- Index