Ethnographic Sorcery

Informationen zum Autor Harry G. West is lecturer in social anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London and the author of Kupilikula: Governance and the Invisible Realm in Mueda, Mozambique , also published by the University of Chicago Press. Klappentext According to the people of the Mueda plateau in northern Mozambique, sorcerers remake the world by asserting the authority of their own imaginative visions of it. This work explores the issues provoked by this equation. A key theme of the author's research into sorcery is that one sorcerer's claims can be challenged or reversed by other sorcerers. Zusammenfassung According to the people of the Mueda plateau in northern Mozambique! sorcerers remake the world by asserting the authority of their own imaginative visions of it. This work explores the issues provoked by this equation. A key theme of the author's research into sorcery is that one sorcerer's claims can be challenged or reversed by other sorcerers.

Product details

• Authors: Harry G. West, West Harry G, West Harry G.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2007
• EAN: 9780226893983
• ISBN: 978-0-226-89398-3
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 6 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Wicca, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Mozambique, Magic, alchemy and hermetic thought, Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought, Physical anthropology, Traditional African religions and spiritual beliefs, Tribal religions, RELIGION / Folk & Tribal