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Thomas Hauschild - Power and Magic in Italy - 9781845454821 - V9781845454821
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Power and Magic in Italy

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Description for Power and Magic in Italy Hardcover. Based on vivid and colorful case studies about Mafiosi, priests, mothers, and migrants, the author offers new perspectives on the anthropology of religion and magic through categories of landscape, the body, human practice, and material experience. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 316 pages, 30 ills. BIC Classification: 1DST; HRA; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.

Based on vivid and colorful case studies about Mafiosi, priests, mothers, and migrants, the author offers new perspectives on the anthropology of religion and magic through categories of landscape, the body, human practice, and material experience. The focus on women as religious practitioners is linked to the idea of religion as a primary mode of production that creates and helps to maintain human reserves in a fast changing, male-dominated world. It is through this mechanism that the Catholic Church, the oldest existing bureaucratic agency of globalization, has maintained its power. Exploring aspects of spirit experiences, trance, the cult of ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Series
EASA Series
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845454821
SKU
V9781845454821
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Thomas Hauschild
Thomas Hauschild is a fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute for Advanced Study) and a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. He teaches social and cultural anthropology at Halle University, Germany. He has published numerous books and articles on religion and politics, the history and theory of anthropology, and the anthropology of the Mediterranean.

Reviews for Power and Magic in Italy
“Hauschild has produced a visceral ethnographic account from the perspective of healers that also subtly addresses questions about the production of ethnographic data.” • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

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