Witchcraft and sorcery in East Africa

Author(s)

• Middleton, John
• Winter, Edward H.
• Beattie, John

Bibliographic Information

Witchcraft and sorcery in East Africa

edited by John Middleton and E.H. Winter ; [John Beattie ... et al. ; foreword by E.E. Evans-Pritchard]

（Routledge library editions, Anthropology and ethnography ; 94 . Witchcraft, folklore and mythology ; 5）

Routledge, 2004

Note

Reprint. Originally published: London : Routledge & K. Paul, 1963

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Containing ten essays by anthropologists on the beliefs and practices associated with witches and sorcerers in Eastern Africa, the chapters in this book are all based on field research and new information which is studied within its wider social context. First published in 1963.

Table of Contents

1. John Beattie Sorcery in Bunyoro 2. T.O. Beidelman Witchcraft in Ukaguru 3. Jean Buxton Mandari Witchcraft 4. Mary Douglas Techniques of Sorcery Control in Central Africa 5. Robert F. Gray Some Structural Aspects of Mbugwe Witchcraft 6. G.W.B. Huntingford Nandi Witchcraft 7. Jean La Fontaine Witchcraft in Bugisu 8. Robert A. LeVine Witchcraft and Sorcery in a Gusii community 9. John Middleton Witchcraft and Sorcery in Lugbara 10. E.H. Winter The Enemy Within: Amba Witchcraft and Sociological Theory

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Details

• NCID: BA69833346
• ISBN:
  • 0415330734
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 302 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 133.4309676
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Witchcraft -- Africa, East
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA62797390