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Witchcraft, violence, and democracy in South Africa / Adam Ashforth.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ashforth, Adam.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Witchcraft--South Africa--Soweto.
- Witchcraft.
- Witchcraft--Political aspects--South Africa--Soweto.
- South Africa.
- South Africa--Soweto.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 396 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
- Contents:
- Spiritual insecurity and political power
- Dimensions of insecurity in contemporary Soweto
- On living in a world with witches
- Freedom, democracy, and witchcraft : Soweto in the 1990s
- On believing, and not believing, in witchcraft
- Poison, medicine, and the power of secret knowledge
- Death, pollution, and the dangers of dirt
- A brief history of the spirit world
- Invisible beings in everyday life
- Vulnerabilities of the soul
- Witchcraft, violence, and justice
- Democratic statecraft in a world of witches.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-386) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226029735
- 0226029743
- OCLC:
- 55502801
- Online:
- Publisher description
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