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1 online resource (xx, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Anthropology, culture, and society
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Anthropology, culture, and society.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-240) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: exploring witchcraft, power and politics -- Society, cosmology and the making of witchcraft: continuity and change in the history of Green Valley, 1864-1995 -- Witches of the Lowveld and their familiars: conceptions of duality, power and desire -- Witchcraft and whites: further notes on the symbolic constitution of occult power -- Witches, cognates, affines and neighbours: the changing distribution of witchcraft accusations -- 'A witch has no horn': social tensions in the subjective reality of witchcraft -- Witch-hunting and political legitimacy: chiefs, comrades and the elimination of evil, 1930-1989 -- The ANC's dilemma: the symbolic politics of four witch-hunts in the 1990s -- Conclusion: witchcraft and the postcolonial state -- Appendix A. Fieldwork revisited -- Appendix B. Public perception map of South Africa -- Appendix C. The witchcraft suppression act no. 3 of 1957 -- Appendix D. Details of the alleged witches violently attacked, green valley, 1971-1985 -- Appendix E. Details pertaining to the victims of witch-hunts organised by the comrades, Green Valley, 1986-1989 -- Appendix F. Details of those accused of witchcraft, Green Valley, the Christmas witch-hunts, 1990 -- Appendix G. Details of those accused of witchcraft, new lines, Arthur's seat, October 1993 -- Appendix H. Details of those accused of witchcraft, Rooiboklaagte, November 1994 -- Appendix I. The Witchcraft Control Act as proposed by the commission of inquiry into witchcraft violence and ritual murders in the northern province of the Republic of South Africa. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Witchcraft -- South Africa.
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Witchcraft. |
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South Africa. |
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South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1978-1989. |
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Mohlala, Eliazaar.
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Shokane, Kally.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Niehaus, Isak A. (Isak Arnold). Witchcraft, power, and politics. Cape Town : David Philip ; London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2001 0745315631 (DLC) 00012646 (OCoLC)45466081 |
ISBN |
9781849640749 (electronic book) |
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1849640742 (electronic book) |
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0745315631 (hardcover) |
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9780745315638 (hardcover) |
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0745315585 (paperback) |
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9780745315584 (paperback) |
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0864863799 (David Philip) |
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9780864863799 (David Philip) |
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