Research Catalog

Title

Witchcraft confessions & accusations / edited by Mary Douglas.

Publication

London ; New York : Tavistock Publications, [1970]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007
• Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan), 1902-1973
• Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth.

Description

xxxviii, 387 pages; 23 cm.

Series Statement

A.S.A. monographs, 9

Uniform Title

A.S.A. monographs ; 9.

Alternative Title

Witchcraft confessions and accusations

Subject

• Witchcraft > Congresses

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• "Distributed in the U.S.A. by Barnes & Noble."
• Papers presented at the annual conference on the Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth, King's College, Cambridge, 3-6 April, 1968, which was held in honor of E.E. Evans-Pritchard.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Terms of Use (note)

• Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.00

Contents

Introduction : Thirty years after Witchcraft, oracles and magic / Mary Douglas -- The myth of Satan and his human servants / Norman Cohn -- Sorcery, demons, and the rise of Christianity from late antiquity into the Middle Ages / Peter Brown -- The relevance of social anthropology to the historical study of English witchcraft / Keith Thomas -- Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart Essex / Alan MacFarlane -- Chikanga : an African diviner with an international reputation / Alison Redmayne -- Instant millennium : the sociology of African witch-cleansing cults / R.G. Willis -- Witchcraft, economics, and the continuity of belief / Edwin Ardener -- Child-witches / Robert Brain -- Spiritual power in Central America : the Naguals of Chiapas / Julian Pitt-Rivers -- Legitimate and illegitimate aggression in a West African state / Esther Goody -- Factions and exclusions in two South American village systems / Peter Rivière -- Prestige, influence, and sorcery : a New Guinea example / Anthony Forge -- The situation of death : an aspect of Anuak philosophy / Godfrey Lienhardt -- A structural approach to witchcraft and spirit-possession / I.M. Lewis -- The evil eye in the Middle East / Brian Spooner -- A boundary to accusations / G.I. Jones -- Were-animals and the introverted witch / Malcolm Ruel -- Towards more open theoretical interpretations / T.O. Beidelman.

Call Number

L-11 1396 no. 9

ISBN

• 0422732001
• 9780422732000

LCCN

78140585

OCLC

94954

Title

Witchcraft confessions & accusations / edited by Mary Douglas.

Imprint

London ; New York : Tavistock Publications, [1970]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

A.S.A. monographs, 9

A.S.A. monographs ; 9.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Terms Of Use

Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.00 0. Uk

Added Author

Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007, editor.

Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan), 1902-1973, honoree.

Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth.

Other Form:

Online version: Witchcraft confessions & accusations. London, New York, Tavistock Publications [1970] (OCoLC)646924304

Research Call Number

L-11 1396 no. 9