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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790747403321
• 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
• 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).