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LEADER: 01873cam a22003254a 4500
001 2004011326
003 DLC
005 20151215080434.0
008 040512s2005 iluab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2004011326
020 $a0226029735 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0226029743 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $af-sa---
050 00 $aBF1584.S6$bA84 2005
082 00 $a133.4/3/0968221$222
100 1 $aAshforth, Adam.
245 10 $aWitchcraft, violence, and democracy in South Africa /$cAdam Ashforth.
260 $aChicago :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$cc2005.
300 $axx, 396 p. :$bill., 1 map ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 331-386) and index.
505 0 $aSpiritual insecurity and political power -- Dimensions of insecurity in contemporary Soweto -- On living in a world with witches -- Freedom, democracy, and witchcraft : Soweto in the 1990s -- On believing, and not believing, in witchcraft -- Poison, medicine, and the power of secret knowledge -- Death, pollution, and the dangers of dirt -- A brief history of the spirit world -- Invisible beings in everyday life -- Vulnerabilities of the soul -- Witchcraft, violence, and justice -- Democratic statecraft in a world of witches.
650 0 $aWitchcraft$zSouth Africa$zSoweto.
651 0 $aWitchcraft$xPolitical aspects$zSouth Africa$zSoweto.
856 42 $3Book review (H-Net)$uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0e2k3-aa
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/uchi052/2004011326.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/uchi051/2004011326.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0616/2004011326-b.html
856 42 $3Book review (H-Net)$uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0e5a4-aa