Witchcraft confessions and accusations / / edited by Mary Douglas

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463325103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-299-48003-9; 1-135-03298-X; 0-203-70854-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (412 p.)
• Collana: Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Witchcraft, folklore and mythology ; ; 2
• Altri autori (Persone): DouglasMary <1921-2007.>
• Disciplina: 133.43
• Soggetti: Witchcraft; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "First published in 1970"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. The context of witchcraft in Europe -- pt. II. Cleansing and confession of witches -- pt. III. Idioms of power -- pt. IV. Alternative interpretations of misfortune.
• Sommario/riassunto: Historians as well as anthropologists have contributed to this volume of studies on aspects of witchcraft in a variety of cultures and periods from Tudor England to twentieth-century Africa and New Guinea. Contributors include: Mary Douglas, Norman Cohn, Peter Brown, Keith Thomas, Alan Macfarlane, Alison Redmayne, R.G. Willis, Edwin Ardener, Robert Brain, Julian Pitt-Rivers, Esther Goody, Peter Rivière, Anthony Forge, Godfrey Lienhardt, I.M. Lewis, Brian Spooner, G.I. Jones, Malcolm Ruel and T.O. Beidelman. First published in 1970.