Witchcraft, violence, and democracy in South Africa / Adam Ashforth.
Witchcraft, violence, and democracy in South Africa / Adam Ashforth.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.
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N133.43096/1
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English
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xx, 396 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.
Contents
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 -- Dea...
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.
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Illinois
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c2005.
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Witchcraft, violence, and democracy in South Africa / Adam Ashforth.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-386) and index.
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c2005.
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N133.43096/1
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0226029743 (pbk) :
9780226029733 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0226029735 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780226029740 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226029743 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226029733
0226029735
9780226029740 (pbk) :
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133.430968221
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991019601339702626
