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Witchcraft, power, and politics :

(Number (ISBN

0585425582

(Number (ISBN

1849640742

(Number (ISBN

9780585425580

(Number (ISBN

9781849640749

Erroneous ISBN

0745315585

Erroneous ISBN

0745315631

Erroneous ISBN

0864863799

Erroneous ISBN

9780745315584

Erroneous ISBN

9780745315638

Erroneous ISBN

9780864863799

Number

b703727

Title Proper

Witchcraft, power, and politics :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

exploring the occult in the South African lowveld /

First Statement of Responsibility

Isak Niehaus, with Eliazaar Mohlala and Kally Shokane.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Sterling, Va. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Pluto Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2001.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xx, 246 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps.

Series Title

Anthropology, culture, and society

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-240) and index.

Text of Note

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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Text of Note

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.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

JSTOR

Stock Number

22573/ctt18fnmp7

Title

Witchcraft, power, and politics.

International Standard Book Number

0745315631

Witchcraft-- South Africa.

Sorcellerie-- Afrique du Sud.

BODY, MIND & SPIRIT-- Magick Studies.

BODY, MIND & SPIRIT-- Witchcraft & Wicca.

Hekserij.

Witchcraft.

South Africa.

7

OCC-- 026000

OCC-- 028000

OCC026000

SOC002000

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

Class number

System Code

System Code

Niehaus, Isak A., (Isak Arnold)

Mohlala, Eliazaar.

Shokane, Kally.

Date of Transaction

20201207191313.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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