Naming the Witch
Author:   James Siegel
Publisher:   Stanford University Press
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780804751957


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   23 November 2005
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   James Siegel
Publisher:   Stanford University Press
Imprint:   Stanford University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.376kg
ISBN:  

9780804751957


ISBN 10:   0804751951
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   23 November 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

@fmct:Contents @toc4:Introduction iii @toc1:Part One: The Magic Word @toc2:1 The Truth of Sorcery 000 2 Voodoo Death 000 3 Institutionalizing Witchcraft 000 Part Two: Witches Resurrected 4 Suharto, Witches 5 Menace from all Directions 6 Naming the Witch Epilogue: Magic out of Place: Singularity and Convention 000 @toc4:Acknowledgements 000 Notes 000

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. ..this monograph [is] a major contribution and should help to put the purportedly old-fashioned topic of witches and witchcraft accusations back into the centre of anthropological study of Asia. -- Religion


.,. this monograph [is] a major contribution and should help to put the purportedly old-fashioned topic of witches and witchcraft accusations back into the centre of anthropological study of Asia. -- Religion


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James Siegel is Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies at Cornell University.

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