Witchcraft, violence, and democracy in South Africa
by
Ashforth, Adam.
Title
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Witchcraft, violence, and democracy in South Africa
Author
:
Ashforth, Adam.
ISBN
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9780226029733
9780226029740
Personal Author
:
Ashforth, Adam.
Publication Information
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.
Physical Description
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xx, 396 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.
Contents
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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.
Subject Term
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Witchcraft -- South Africa -- Soweto.
Geographic Term
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Witchcraft -- Political aspects -- South Africa -- Soweto.
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