Sorcery in the Black Atlantic

Name: Sorcery in the Black Atlantic
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ISBN: 9780226645780

ISBN-10: 0226645789

ISBN-13: 9780226645780

Edition: 2011

Authors: Luis Nicolau Pares, Roger Sansi

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Most scholarship on sorcery and witchcraft has narrowly focused on specific times and places, particularly early modern Europe and twentieth-century Africa. And much of that research interprets sorcery as merely a remnant of premodern traditions. Boldly challenging these views,Sorcery in the Black Atlantictakes a longer historical and broader geographical perspective, contending that sorcery is best understood as an Atlantic phenomenon that has significant connections to modernity and globalization. A distinguished group of contributors here examine sorcery in Brazil, Cuba, South Africa, Cameroon, and Angola. Their insightful essays reveal the way practices and accusations of witchcraft…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 2/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English