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Language: en
Pages: 248
Pages: 248
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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. First,
Language: en
Pages: 238
Pages: 238
Type: BOOK - Published: 1981-11 - Publisher: Abhinav Publications
Language: en
Pages: 260
Pages: 260
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
With a sharp eye for detail, Raisa Maria Toivo explores the gender implications of the complex system of household management and public representation in which
Language: en
Pages: 317
Pages: 317
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: BRILL
Using the example of Eichstatt, this book challenges current witchcraft historiography by arguing that the gender of the witch-suspect was a product of the inte
Language: en
Pages: 204
Pages: 204
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher: SIU Press
In this new edition Charles Alva Hoyt updates his research and offers fresh interpretations of the fascinating history of witches. Among his "Second Thoughts" a
