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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Harry G. West, West Harry G, West Harry G.
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 01.05.2007
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altro
• EAN: 9780226893983
• ISBN: 978-0-226-89398-3
• Numero di pagine: 128
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 14 x 21 x 0.6 cm
• Categorie: Inspiration, Research, Politics, Magic, Metaphor, Authority, perspective, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Witchcraft, RELIGION / Wicca, Africa, Anthropology, Argument, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Mozambique, Ethnography, Government, sorcery, Social Anthropology, magical, Magic, alchemy and hermetic thought, Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought, Physical anthropology, Traditional African religions and spiritual beliefs, Tribal religions, Context, Misunderstanding, Understanding, rites, indeterminacy, Visions, connections, RELIGION / Folk & Tribal, Anthropological, sorcerers, magicians, Ceremonies, ethnographical, making meaning, mueda plateau, northern Mozambique