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Magical Interpretations, Material Realities - Modernity, Witchcraft and the Occult in Postcolonial Africa (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,503
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Magical Interpretations, Material Realities - Modernity, Witchcraft and the Occult in Postcolonial Africa (Hardcover)

Henrietta L Moore, Todd Sanders

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'Magical Interpretations, Material Realities brings together many of today's best scholars of contemporary Africa. The theme of "witchcraft" has long been associated with exoticizing portraits of a "traditional" Africa, but this volume takes the question of occult as a point of entry into the moral politics of some very modern African realities.' - James Ferguson, University of California, USA

'These essays bear eloquent testimony to the ongoing presence and power of the occult imaginary, and of the intimate connection between global capitalism and local cosmology, in postcolonial Africa. A major contribution to scholarship that aims to rework the divide between modernity and tradition.' - Charles Piot, Duke University, USA

This volume sets out recent thinking on witchcraft in Africa, paying particular attention to variations in meanings and practices. It examines the way different people in different contexts are making sense of what 'witchcraft' is and what it might mean.
For example: the State in Cameroon; Pentecostalism in Malawi; the university system in Nigeria and the IMF in Ghana, Sierra Leone and Tanzania. The editors provide a timely overview and reconsideration of longstanding anthropological debate about 'African witchcraft, while simultaneously raising broader concerns about the theories of the western social sciences.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203398254

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: December 2001
First published: 2002
Editors: Henrietta L Moore • Todd Sanders
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-25866-1
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Witchcraft
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Witchcraft
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LSN: 0-415-25866-9
Barcode: 9780415258661

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