Record Nr.

UNINA9910453486603321

Titolo

Witchcraft and sorcery in East Africa / / edited by John Middleton and E. H. Winter

Pubbl/distr/stampa


London : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

0-415-85213-7

1-315-01804-7

1-136-55152-2

1-136-55145-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Witchcraft, folklore and mythology ; ; V

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography

Altri autori (Persone)

MiddletonJohn <1921-2009.>

WinterE. H (Edward Henry)

Disciplina

291.33

Soggetti

Witchcraft - Africa, East

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1963.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / John Middleton and E.H. Winter -- Sorcery in Bunyoro / John Beattie, D. Phil. (Oxon.) -- Witchcraft in Ukaguru / T.O. Beidelman, D. Phil. (Oxon.) -- Mandari witchcraft / Jean Buxton, D. Phil. (Oxon.) -- Techniques of sorcery control in Central Africa / Mary Douglas, D. Phil. (Oxon.) -- Some structural aspects of Mbugwe witchcraft / Robert F. Gray, Ph.D. (Chicago) -- Nandi Witchcraft / G.W.B. Huntingford, D. Lit. (London) -- Witchcraft in Bugisu / Jean La Fontaine, Ph.D. (Cantab.) -- Witchcraft and sorcery in a gush community / Robert A. LeVine, Ph.D. (Harvard) -- Witchcraft and sorcery in Lugbara / John Middleton, D. Phil. (Oxon.) -- The enemy within : Amba witchcraft and sociological theory / E.H. Winter, Ph.D. (Harvard).