Witchcraft confessions and accusations / / edited by Mary Douglas
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| Titolo: |
Witchcraft confessions and accusations / / edited by Mary Douglas
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (412 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 133.43 |
| Soggetto topico: | Witchcraft |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
DouglasMary <1921-2007.>
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| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Witchcraft confessions and accusations |
| ISBN: | 1-299-48003-9 |
| 1-135-03298-X | |
| 0-203-70854-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910463325103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge library editions. . -Anthropology and ethnography.