| Description |
x, 346 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Series |
American Museum sourcebooks in anthropology |
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American Museum sourcebooks in anthropology.
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| Contents |
The morphology and function of magic: a comparative study of Trobriand and Zande ritual and spells / E.E. Evans-Pritchard -- The sorcerer and his magic / Claude Lévi-Strauss -- Miching Mallecho, that means witchcraft / Laura Bohannan -- The concept of "bewitching" in Lugbara / John Middleton -- Nagual, witch, and sorcerer in a Quiché village / Benson Saler -- The sociology of sorcery in a Central African tribe / M.G. Marwick -- Witchcraft as social process in a Tzeltal community / Manning Nash -- A sociological analysis of witch beliefs in a Mysore village / Scarlett Epstein -- Konkomba sorcery / David Tait -- Dreams and the wishes of the soul: a type of psychoanalytic theory among the seventeenth century Iroquois / Anthony F.C. Wallace -- Shamanistic behavior among the Netsilik Eskimos / Asen Balikci -- Divination in Bunyoro, Uganda / John Beattie -- Divination and its social contexts / George K Park -- Witchcraft and clanship in Cochiti therapy / J. Robin Fox -- Group therapy and social status in the Zar cult of Ethiopia / Simon D. Messing -- Spirit possession as illness in a North Indian village / Stanley A. and / Ruth S. Freed |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p. [321]-330 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-330) |
| Subject |
Magic.
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Witchcraft.
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Magic.
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Occultism.
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Witchcraft.
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| Author |
Middleton, John, 1921-2009.
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American Museum of Natural History.
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| LC no. |
67012895 |
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