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Witchcraft Accusations from Central India - The Fragmented Urn (Hardcover)
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Witchcraft Accusations from Central India - The Fragmented Urn (Hardcover)
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This book unravels the institutions surrounding witchcraft in the
central Indian state of Chhattisgarh through theoretical and
empirical research on witchcraft, violence and modernity in
contemporary times. The author pieces together 'fragments' of
stories gathered utilising ethnographic methods to examine the
meanings associated with witches and witchcraft, and how they
connect with social relations, gender, notions of agency, law,
media and the state. The volume uses the metaphor of the shattered
urn to tell the story of the accusations, punishment, rescue and
the aftermath of the events of the trial of women accused of being
witches. It situates the tonhi or witch as a key elaborating symbol
that orders behaviour to determine who the socially included and
excluded are in communities. Through the personal interviews and
other ethnographic methods conducted over the course of many years,
the author delves into the stories and practices related to
witchcraft, its relations with modernity, and the relationship
between violence and ideological norms in society. Insightful and
detailed, this book will be of great interest to academics and
researchers of anthropology, development studies, sociology,
history, violence, gender studies, tribal studies and psychology.
It will also be useful for readers in both historic and
contemporary witchcraft practices as well as policy makers.
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