Witchcraft, sorcery, rumors, and gossip /
Stewart, Pamela J.
Witchcraft, sorcery, rumors, and gossip / Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (xiv, 228 pages) : illustrations - New departures in anthropology . - New departures in anthropology. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216) and index.
Witchcraft and sorcery: modes of analysis -- Rumor and gossip: an overview -- Africa -- India -- New Guinea -- European and American witchcraft -- Rumors and violence -- Conclusions: conflict and cohesion.
"This book combines two classic topics in social anthropology in a new synthesis: the study of witchcraft and sorcery and the study of rumors and gossip. It does so in two ways. First, it shows how rumor and gossip are invariably important as catalysts for accusations of witchcraft and sorcery. Second, it demonstrates the role of rumor and gossip in the genesis of social and political violence, as in the case of both peasant rebellions and witch-hunts. Examples supporting the argument are drawn from Africa, Europe, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka. They include discussions of witchcraft trials in England and Scotland in the seventeenth century, witch-hunts and vampire narratives in colonial and contemporary Africa, millenarian movements in New Guinea, the Indian Mutiny in nineteenth-century Uttar Pradesh, and rumors of construction sacrifice in Indonesia."--Jacket.
English.
0511165862 (electronic bk.) 9780511165863 (electronic bk.) 0511184220 (electronic bk.) 9780511184222 (electronic bk.) 9780511616310 (electronic bk.) 0511616317 (electronic bk.) 9780511164736 (electronic bk.) 0511164734 (electronic bk.) 1280437316 9781280437311 9786610437313 6610437319 1107144019 9781107144019 0511312792 9780511312793
MYILIB_CUp
2003043949
Witchcraft--Cross-cultural studies.
Gossip--Cross-cultural studies.
Social conflict--Cross-cultural studies.
Violence--Cross-cultural studies.
Sorcellerie--Études transculturelles.
Potins--Études transculturelles.
Conflits sociaux--Études transculturelles.
Violence--Études transculturelles.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Magick Studies.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Witchcraft & Wicca.
Gossip.
Social conflict.
Violence.
Witchcraft.
Hexerei
Kulturvergleich
Klatsch
Hekserij.
Tovenarij.
Roddelen.
Geruchten.
Electronic books.
Cross-cultural studies.
GN475.5 / .S84 2004eb
133.4/3
Witchcraft, sorcery, rumors, and gossip / Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (xiv, 228 pages) : illustrations - New departures in anthropology . - New departures in anthropology. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216) and index.
Witchcraft and sorcery: modes of analysis -- Rumor and gossip: an overview -- Africa -- India -- New Guinea -- European and American witchcraft -- Rumors and violence -- Conclusions: conflict and cohesion.
"This book combines two classic topics in social anthropology in a new synthesis: the study of witchcraft and sorcery and the study of rumors and gossip. It does so in two ways. First, it shows how rumor and gossip are invariably important as catalysts for accusations of witchcraft and sorcery. Second, it demonstrates the role of rumor and gossip in the genesis of social and political violence, as in the case of both peasant rebellions and witch-hunts. Examples supporting the argument are drawn from Africa, Europe, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka. They include discussions of witchcraft trials in England and Scotland in the seventeenth century, witch-hunts and vampire narratives in colonial and contemporary Africa, millenarian movements in New Guinea, the Indian Mutiny in nineteenth-century Uttar Pradesh, and rumors of construction sacrifice in Indonesia."--Jacket.
English.
0511165862 (electronic bk.) 9780511165863 (electronic bk.) 0511184220 (electronic bk.) 9780511184222 (electronic bk.) 9780511616310 (electronic bk.) 0511616317 (electronic bk.) 9780511164736 (electronic bk.) 0511164734 (electronic bk.) 1280437316 9781280437311 9786610437313 6610437319 1107144019 9781107144019 0511312792 9780511312793
MYILIB_CUp
2003043949
Witchcraft--Cross-cultural studies.
Gossip--Cross-cultural studies.
Social conflict--Cross-cultural studies.
Violence--Cross-cultural studies.
Sorcellerie--Études transculturelles.
Potins--Études transculturelles.
Conflits sociaux--Études transculturelles.
Violence--Études transculturelles.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Magick Studies.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Witchcraft & Wicca.
Gossip.
Social conflict.
Violence.
Witchcraft.
Hexerei
Kulturvergleich
Klatsch
Hekserij.
Tovenarij.
Roddelen.
Geruchten.
Electronic books.
Cross-cultural studies.
GN475.5 / .S84 2004eb
133.4/3