ISBN:
0415258669
,
0415258677
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
XIII, 253 S
,
Ill
Ausgabe:
1. publ.
DDC:
133.4/3/096
Schlagwort(e):
Witchcraft
;
Magie
;
Kulturanthropologie
;
Religion
;
Ethnische Religion
;
Tradition
;
Soziokultureller Wandel
;
Moderne
;
Religionsgemeinschaft
;
Staat
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Kamerun
;
Malawi
;
Niger
;
Nigeria
;
Sierra Leone
;
Südafrika
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Hexerei
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Moore, Henrietta L. ; Sanders, Todd: Magical interpretations and material realities: an introduction. - S. 1-27. Nyamnjoh, Francis B.: Delusions of development and the enrichment of witchcraft discourses in Cameroon. - S. 28-49. Shaw, Rosalind: Cannibal transformations: colonialism and commodification in the Sierra Leone hinterland. - S. 50-70. Bastian, Misty L. Vulture men, campus cultists and teenaged witches: modern magics in Nigerian popular media. - S. 71-96. Van Djik, Rijk: Witchcraft and scepticism by proxy: Pentecostalism and laughter in urban Malawi. - S. 97-117. Parish, Jane: Black market, free market: anti-witchcraft shrines and fetishes among the Akan. - S. 118-135. Rasmussen, Susan: Betrayal or affirmation? Transformations in witchcraft technologies of power, danger and agency among the Tuareg of Niger. - S. 136-159. Sanders, Todd: Save our skins: structural adjustment, morality and the occult in Tanzania. - S. 160-183 Niehaus, Isak: Witchcraft in the new South Africa: from colonial sup
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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