Magical interpretations, material realities modernity, witchcraft and the occult in postcolonial Africa

Moore, Henrietta L. ; Sanders, Todd: Magical interpretations and material realities: an introduction. - S. 1-27. Nyamnjoh, Francis B.: Delusions of development and the enrichment of witchcraft discourses in Cameroon. - S. 28-49. Shaw, Rosalind: Cannibal transformations: colonialism and commodificati...

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Weitere Verfasser: Moore, Henrietta (HerausgeberIn), Sanders, Todd (BerichterstatterIn)
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Veröffentlicht: London u.a. Routledge 2001
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Zusammenfassung:Moore, Henrietta L. ; Sanders, Todd: Magical interpretations and material realities: an introduction. - S. 1-27. Nyamnjoh, Francis B.: Delusions of development and the enrichment of witchcraft discourses in Cameroon. - S. 28-49. Shaw, Rosalind: Cannibal transformations: colonialism and commodification in the Sierra Leone hinterland. - S. 50-70. Bastian, Misty L. Vulture men, campus cultists and teenaged witches: modern magics in Nigerian popular media. - S. 71-96. Van Djik, Rijk: Witchcraft and scepticism by proxy: Pentecostalism and laughter in urban Malawi. - S. 97-117. Parish, Jane: Black market, free market: anti-witchcraft shrines and fetishes among the Akan. - S. 118-135. Rasmussen, Susan: Betrayal or affirmation? Transformations in witchcraft technologies of power, danger and agency among the Tuareg of Niger. - S. 136-159. Sanders, Todd: Save our skins: structural adjustment, morality and the occult in Tanzania. - S. 160-183 Niehaus, Isak: Witchcraft in the new South Africa: from colonial sup
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XIII, 253 S
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ISBN:0415258669
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