The Resource Witchcraft, sorcery, rumors, and gossip, Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
Witchcraft, sorcery, rumors, and gossip, Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
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- Summary
- "This book combines two classic topics in social anthropology in a new synthesis: the study of witchcraft and sorcery and the study of rumors and gossip. It does so in two ways. First, it shows how rumor and gossip are invariably important as catalysts for accusations of witchcraft and sorcery. Second, it demonstrates the role of rumor and gossip in the genesis of social and political violence, as in the case of both peasant rebellions and witch-hunts. Examples supporting the argument are drawn from Africa, Europe, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka. They include discussions of witchcraft trials in England and Scotland in the seventeenth century, witch-hunts and vampire narratives in colonial and contemporary Africa, millenarian movements in New Guinea, the Indian Mutiny in nineteenth-century Uttar Pradesh, and rumors of construction sacrifice in Indonesia."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 228 pages
- Contents
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- Witchcraft and sorcery : modes of analysis
- Rumor and gossip : an overview
- Africa
- India
- New Guinea
- European and American witchcraft
- Rumors and violence
- Conclusions : conflict and cohesion
- Isbn
- 9780521004732
- Label
- Witchcraft, sorcery, rumors, and gossip
- Title
- Witchcraft, sorcery, rumors, and gossip
- Statement of responsibility
- Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This book combines two classic topics in social anthropology in a new synthesis: the study of witchcraft and sorcery and the study of rumors and gossip. It does so in two ways. First, it shows how rumor and gossip are invariably important as catalysts for accusations of witchcraft and sorcery. Second, it demonstrates the role of rumor and gossip in the genesis of social and political violence, as in the case of both peasant rebellions and witch-hunts. Examples supporting the argument are drawn from Africa, Europe, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka. They include discussions of witchcraft trials in England and Scotland in the seventeenth century, witch-hunts and vampire narratives in colonial and contemporary Africa, millenarian movements in New Guinea, the Indian Mutiny in nineteenth-century Uttar Pradesh, and rumors of construction sacrifice in Indonesia."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stewart, Pamela J
- Dewey number
- 133.4/3
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GN475.5
- LC item number
- .S84 2004
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Strathern, Andrew
- Series statement
- New departures in anthropology
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Witchcraft
- Gossip
- Social conflict
- Violence
- Label
- Witchcraft, sorcery, rumors, and gossip, Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Witchcraft and sorcery : modes of analysis -- Rumor and gossip : an overview -- Africa -- India -- New Guinea -- European and American witchcraft -- Rumors and violence -- Conclusions : conflict and cohesion
- Control code
- 51817236
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 228 pages
- Isbn
- 9780521004732
- Isbn Type
- (pb.)
- Lccn
- 2003043949
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Witchcraft, sorcery, rumors, and gossip, Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Witchcraft and sorcery : modes of analysis -- Rumor and gossip : an overview -- Africa -- India -- New Guinea -- European and American witchcraft -- Rumors and violence -- Conclusions : conflict and cohesion
- Control code
- 51817236
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 228 pages
- Isbn
- 9780521004732
- Isbn Type
- (pb.)
- Lccn
- 2003043949
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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