Witchcraft and Witchcraft Cleansing among the Vasava Bhils
Abstract/Sommario:
The article concerns the social mechanism of witchcraft among the Vasava Bhils of South Gujarat, in the Western part of India. Witches are frequently mentioned in Vasava oral literature. The practice of witchcraft continues even in modern times, but to a limited degree. In Vasava society, where no institutional controls by means of law and order for resolving conflicts exist, witchcraft acts as means of social conrol. The article places witchcraft as well as anti- witchcraft practice ...; [leggi tutto]
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| Descrizione | Witchcraft and Witchcraft Cleansing among the Vasava Bhils/ Robert Gabriel Mac-Machado |
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IN Per: Anthropos, Vol. 105, n. 1 (2010) p. 191-204
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| ID scheda | 66220 |