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Naming the witch / James Siegel.

By: Siegel, James T, 1937-.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Cultural memory in the present: Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006Description: xiii, 253 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0804751943 (cloth : alk. paper); 0804751951 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780804751957 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Lévi-Strauss, Claude | Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan), 1902-1973 | Witchcraft | Witchcraft -- Indonesia | Indonesia -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 398.409598 Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
The truth of sorcery -- Voodoo death -- Institutionalizing accident -- Suharto, witches -- Menace from all directions -- No witch appears -- Naming the witch.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-253).

1. The truth of sorcery -- 2. Voodoo death -- 3. Institutionalizing accident -- 4. Suharto, witches -- 5. Menace from all directions -- 6. No witch appears -- 7. Naming the witch.

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