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Author:   Miranda Forsyth ,  Richard Eves
Publisher:   ANU Press
Imprint:   ANU Press
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9781925021561

ISBN 10:   1925021564
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   01 May 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Foreword: Sorcery- and Witchcraft-Related Killings in Papua New Guinea The Problems and Victims of Sorcery and Witchcraft Practices and Beliefs in Melanesia: An Introduction Part 1: Social, Economic and Cultural Dimensions to the Belief in Witchcraft and Sorcery The Spread of Sorcery Killing and its Social Implications Sorcery, Christianity and the Decline of Medical Services Witchcraft, Sorcery, Violence: Matrilineal and Decolonial Reflections Sorcery and Witchcraft as a Negative Force on Economic and Social Development in Solomon Islands Huli Customary Beliefs and Tribal Laws about Witches and Witch Spirits Talking Sanguma: The Social Process of Discernment of Evil in Two Sepik Societies The Haus Man Cleansing at Nahu Rawa 'The Land Will Eat You': Land and Sorcery in North Efate, Vanuatu Sorcery, Poison and Politics: Strategies of Self-Positioning in South Malekula, Vanuatu Part 2: Legal Dimensions to the Belief in Witchcraft and Sorcery The Courts, the Churches, the Witches and their Killers The Western Legal Response to Sorcery in Colonial Papua New Guinea A Pluralist Response to the Regulation of Sorcery and Witchcraft in Melanesia Sorcery- and Witchcraft-Related Killings in Papua New Guinea: The Criminal Justice System Response Sorcery Violence in Bougainville Through the Lens of Human Rights Law: A Critical View The Belief in Sorcery in Solomon Islands Part 3: Positive Directions in Overcoming Violence Kumo Koimbo: Accounts and Responses to Witchcraft in Gor, Simbu Province Practical Church Interventions on Sorcery and Witchcraft Violence in the Papua New Guinea Highlands

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