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Author Adinkrah, Mensah, author.

Title Witchcraft, witches, and violence in Ghana / Mensah Adinkrah
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2015
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 325 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction : Witchcraft violence in comparative perspective -- Ghana : the research setting -- Witchcraft beliefs in Ghana -- Socialization into witchcraft beliefs -- Witchcraft themes in popular Ghanaian music -- Witchcraft imagery in Akan proverbs -- Witchcraft trials in Ghanaian courts -- Witch killings -- Non-lethal treatment of alleged witches -- Gendered victimization : patriarchy, misogyny, and gynophobia -- Conclusion : Curbing witchcraft-related violence in Ghana
Summary Witchcraft violence is a feature of many contemporary African societies. In Ghana, belief in witchcraft and the malignant activities of putative witches is prevalent. Purported witches are blamed for all manner of adversities including inexplicable illnesses and untimely deaths. As in other historical periods and other societies, in contemporary Ghana, alleged witches are typically female, elderly, poor, and marginalized. Childhood socialization in homes and schools, exposure to mass media, and other institutional mechanisms ensure that witchcraft beliefs are transmitted across generations and entrenched over time. This book provides a detailed account of Ghanaian witchcraft beliefs and practices and their role in fueling violent attacks on alleged witches by aggrieved individuals and vigilante groups
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-319) and index
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CMU Book Recognition
Subject Witchcraft -- Social aspects -- Ghana
Witches -- Ghana -- Violence against
Trials (Witchcraft) -- Ghana
Sexism in witchcraft trials -- Ghana
Akan (African people) -- Social conditions
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Parapsychology -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Akan (African people) -- Social conditions
Sexism in witchcraft trials
Trials (Witchcraft)
Witchcraft -- Social aspects
Witches -- Violence against
Aberglaube
Akan
Frau
Gewalt
Kind
Magie
Ethnische Religion
Recht
Sozialer Konflikt
Tradition
Geschlechterrolle
Menschenrechtsverletzung
Ghana
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781782385615
1782385614