Black Magic and Bogeymen : Fear, Rumour and Popular Belief in Northern Ireland 1972-74 /

This is an analysis of a popular scare about black magic and Satanism in Northern Ireland in Northern Ireland between 1973 and 1974. The book gives an insight into a particularly grim period during the early 1970s in Northern Ireland, using an extremely unusual episode - the black magic rumours - as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jenkins, Richard, 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cork, Ireland : Cork University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Folklore.
Social Sciences.
Anthropology.
Occultism.
Manners and customs.
Civilization.
Occultisme > Irlande du Nord > Histoire.
Occultism > Northern Ireland > History.
Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland > Civilization > 20th century.
Northern Ireland > Social life and customs > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This is an analysis of a popular scare about black magic and Satanism in Northern Ireland in Northern Ireland between 1973 and 1974. The book gives an insight into a particularly grim period during the early 1970s in Northern Ireland, using an extremely unusual episode - the black magic rumours - as a privileged window onto a world that may now be behind us, but which continues to fascinate many readers. The book provides a fascinating insight into some of the problems and procedures of social history. The author demonstrates that phenomena like the black magic rumours cannot be understood without taking a multidisciplinary approach, taking in perspectives and comparative evidence from anthropology, sociology, folklore and media studies.
Physical Description:1 online resource: illustrations)
ISBN:9781782050995

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