Research Catalog

Title

Bloodsucking witchcraft : an epistemological study of anthropomorphic supernaturalism in rural Tlaxcala / Hugo G. Nutini & John M. Roberts.

Author

Nutini, Hugo G.

Publication

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c1993.

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Additional Authors

Roberts, John M. (John Milton), 1916-1990.

Description

xxii, 476 p.; 25 cm.

Subject

• Blood > Religious aspects
• Blood > in folklore, mythology, & religion
• Magic
• Nahua magic
• Nahua mythology
• Nahuas > Religion
• Tlaxcala (Mexico : State) > Social life and customs
• Vampires > Tlaxcala (State)
• Witchcraft
• Witchcraft > Tlaxcala (State)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-458) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. An Outline of Weathermaking, Nahualism, and Sorcery in Rural Tlaxcala -- 2. The Belief System and Structural Context of Bloodsucking Witchcraft in Rural Tlaxcala -- 3. The Syncretic and Historical Development of Anthropomorphic Supernaturalism in Mesoamerica -- 4. The Comparative Distribution and Definition of Witchcraft and Sorcery in Mesoamerica -- 5. Anatomy of a Bloodsucking Witchcraft Epidemic -- 6. The Empirical Evidence of Bloodsucking Witchcraft Methodology and Systematic Presentation -- 7. Natural and Supernatural Explanations: The Logic of Witchcraft and Normative Expectations -- 8. The Diagnostic and Etiological Analysis of Bloodsucking Witchcraft -- 9. Social and Psychological Manipulations and the Ex Post Facto Rationalization of the Tlahuelpuchi Complex -- 10. Aftereffects and the Psychological Context of the Postsucking Period -- 11. The Social and Psychological Functions of Bloodsucking Witchcraft -- 12. An Epistemological Approach to the Study of Magic and Religious Supernaturalism.

ISBN

0816511977 (cloth : acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^92034513^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library