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001 5180781
005 20221109231540.0
008 040512s2005 iluab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2004011326
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016 7 $a013038983$2Uk
020 $a0226029735 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0226029743 (pbk. : alk. paper)
024 30 $a9780226029740
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm55502801
035 $a(NNC)5180781
035 $a5180781
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050 00 $aBF1584.S6$bA84 2005
082 00 $a133.4/3/0968221$222
100 1 $aAshforth, Adam.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88291830
245 10 $aWitchcraft, violence, and democracy in South Africa /$cAdam Ashforth.
260 $aChicago :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$c2005.
300 $axx, 396 pages :$billustrations, 1 map ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 331-386) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tSpiritual insecurity and political power --$g2.$tDimensions of insecurity in contemporary Soweto --$g3.$tOn living in a world with witches --$g4.$tFreedom, democracy, and witchcraft : Soweto in the 1990s --$g5.$tOn believing, and not believing, in witchcraft --$g6.$tPoison, medicine, and the power of secret knowledge --$g7.$tDeath, pollution, and the dangers of dirt --$g8.$tA brief history of the spirit world --$g9.$tInvisible beings in everyday life --$g10.$tVulnerabilities of the soul --$g11.$tWitchcraft, violence, and justice --$g12.$tDemocratic statecraft in a world of witches --$gApp. 1.$tThe literature on Soweto - a brief excursus --$gApp. 2.$tThe Thohoyandou Declaration on Ending Witchcraft Violence, issued by the Commission on Gender Equality.
650 0 $aWitchcraft$zSouth Africa$zSoweto.
650 0 $aWitchcraft$xPolitical aspects$zSouth Africa$zSoweto.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/uchi052/2004011326.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/uchi051/2004011326.html
852 00 $bleh$hBF1584.S6$iA84 2005
852 00 $bbar$hBF1584.S6$iA84 2005