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Talking it through : responses to sorcery and witchcraft beliefs and practices in Melanesia / edited...

Talking it through : responses to sorcery and witchcraft beliefs and practices in Melanesia / edited...

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Talking it through : responses to sorcery and witchcraft beliefs and practices in Melanesia / edited by Miranda Forsyth and Richard Eves.

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Full title

Talking it through : responses to sorcery and witchcraft beliefs and practices in Melanesia / edited by Miranda Forsyth and Richard Eves.

Publisher

Canberra, ACT ANU Press, 2015.

Record Identifier

74VKRdbvOGey

MMS ID

991023045049702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

1 online resource (334 pages) : colour illustrations.

Content type

text

still image

Media type

computer

Carrier type

online resource

Publication information

Publisher

Canberra, ACT ANU Press, 2015.

Place of Publication

Australian Capital Territory

Date Published

2015.

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

The chapters in this part of the book highlight the diversity of witchcraft-and sorcery-related beliefs across Melanesia. It is clear that understanding the particular cultural context involved is fundamental to an understanding of the problems associated with the beliefs, as is argued by John Himugu (Chapter 5). He describes in some detail the...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Talking it through : responses to sorcery and witchcraft beliefs and practices in Melanesia / edited by Miranda Forsyth and Richard Eves.

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Notes

General note

Title from screen (viewed on 30/06/15)

Includes bibliographical references.

System details note

Mode of access: Available online. Address as at 30/06/15: http://press.anu.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/whole.pdf.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2015.

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Record Identifier

74VKRdbvOGey

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRdbvOGey

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DDC

133.43

MMS ID

991023045049702626

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