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" Witchcraft, power, and politics : "
Isak Niehaus, with Eliazaar Mohlala and Kally Shokane.
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BL
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949357
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b703727
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| Main Entry
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Niehaus, Isak A., (Isak Arnold)
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Witchcraft, power, and politics : : exploring the occult in the South African lowveld /\ Isak Niehaus, with Eliazaar Mohlala and Kally Shokane.
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| Publication Statement
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Cape Town :: David Philip ;London ;Sterling, Va. :: Pluto Press,, 2001.
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| Series Statement
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Anthropology, culture, and society
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1 online resource (xx, 246 pages) :: illustrations, maps.
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0585425582
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: 1849640742
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: 9781849640749
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0745315585
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0745315631
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0864863799
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9780745315584
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9780745315638
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9780864863799
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-240) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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Witchcraft-- South Africa.
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Sorcellerie-- Afrique du Sud.
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BODY, MIND SPIRIT-- Magick Studies.
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BODY, MIND SPIRIT-- Witchcraft Wicca.
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Witchcraft.
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Hekserij.
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South Africa.
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| Dewey Classification
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133.4/3/0968
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| LC Classification
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BF1584.S6N54 2001eb
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73.58bcl
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73.58.bcl
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Mohlala, Eliazaar.
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Shokane, Kally.
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