| Description |
xx, 246 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Anthropology, culture, and society
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-240) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : exploring witchcraft, power and politics -- Society, cosmology and the making of witchcraft : continuity and change in the history of Green Valley, 1864-1995 -- Witches of the Lowveld and their familiars : conceptions of duality, power and desire -- Witchcraft and whites : further notes on the symbolic constitution of occult power -- Witches, cognates, affines and neighbours : the changing distribution of witchcraft accusations -- 'A witch has no horn' : social tensions in the subjective reality of witchcraft -- Witch-hunting and political legitimacy : chiefs, comrades and the elimination of evil, 1930-1989 -- The ANC's dilemma : the symbolic politics of four witch-hunts in the 1990s -- Conclusion : witchcraft and the postcolonial state -- Appendix A. Fieldwork revisited -- Appendix B. Public perception map of South Africa -- Appendix C. The Witchcraft Suppression Act no. 3 of 1957 -- Appendix D. Details of the alleged witches violently attacked, Green Valley, 1971-1985 -- Appendix E. Details pertaining to the victims of witch-hunts organised by the comrades, Green Valley, 1986-1989 -- Appendix F. Details of those accused of witchcraft, Green Valley, the Christmas witch-hunts, 1990 -- Appendix G. Details of those accused of witchcraft, new lines, Arthur's seat, October 1993 -- Appendix H. Details of those accused of witchcraft, Rooiboklaagte, November 1994 -- Appendix I. The Witchcraft Control Act as proposed by the commission of inquiry into witchcraft violence and ritual murders in the northern province of the Republic of South Africa. |
| Subject |
Witchcraft -- South Africa.
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South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1978-1989.
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| Added Author |
Mohlala, Eliazaar.
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Shokane, Kally.
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| ISBN |
0745315585 (pbk.) |
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0745315631 (hardcover) |
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0864863799 (David Philip) |
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