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" The feast of the sorcerer : "
Bruce Kapferer.
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BL
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711370
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b533559
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Kapferer, Bruce.
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The feast of the sorcerer : : practices of consciousness and power /\ Bruce Kapferer.
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, c1997.
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xix, 367 p. :: ill. (some col.) ;; 23 cm.
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0226424111 (alk. paper)
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: 0226424138 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780226424118 (alk. paper)
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: 9780226424132 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-349) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Introduction: Sorcery in Anthropology -- 2. Gods of Protection, Demons of Destruction: Sorcery and Modernity -- 3. Victim and Sorcerer: Tales of the City, the State, and Their Nemesis -- 4. The Suniyama: The Conquest of Sorcery and the Power of Consciousness -- 5. The Suniyama: The Conquest of Sorcery and the Power of Consciousness -- 6. Sorcery and Sacrifice: Victims, Gifts, and Violence -- 7. Sorcery's Passions: Fear, Loathing, and Anger in the World -- 8. Faces of Power: Sorcery, Society, and the State -- 9. Thus, Man Is Always a Wizard to Man.
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Magic, Sinhalese-- Psychological aspects.
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Magic, Sinhalese-- Social aspects.
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Sri Lanka, Social life and customs.
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BF1714.S55K36 1997
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