Title Witchcraft, witches, and violence in Ghana / Mensah Adinkrah.

Publication Info.	New York : Berghahn Books, 2015.
	©2015

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 325 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-319) and index.
Contents	Introduction : Witchcraft violence in comparative perspective -- Ghana : the research setting -- Witchcraft beliefs in Ghana -- Socialization into witchcraft beliefs -- Witchcraft themes in popular Ghanaian music -- Witchcraft imagery in Akan proverbs -- Witchcraft trials in Ghanaian courts -- Witch killings -- Non-lethal treatment of alleged witches -- Gendered victimization : patriarchy, misogyny, and gynophobia -- Conclusion : Curbing witchcraft-related violence in Ghana.
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Subject	Witchcraft -- Social aspects -- Ghana.
	Witchcraft -- Social aspects.
	Ghana.
	Witchcraft.
	Witches -- Violence against -- Ghana.
	Witches -- Violence against.
	Trials (Witchcraft) -- Ghana.
	Trials (Witchcraft)
	Sexism in witchcraft trials -- Ghana.
	Sexism in witchcraft trials.
	Akan (African people) -- Social conditions.
	Akan (African people) -- Social conditions.
	Akan (African people)
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Adinkrah, Mensah. Witchcraft, witches, and violence in Ghana. New York : Berghahn Books, 2015 9781782385608 (DLC) 2014033518 (OCoLC)895029900
ISBN	9781782385615 (electronic book)
	1782385614 (electronic book)
	9781782385608 (hardback)
	1782385606 (hardback)
	9781785335167 (paperback)
	1785335162 (paperback)