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Witchcraft, Power and Politics: Exploring the Occult in the South African Lowveld (Anthropology, Culture and Society)
Isak Niehaus
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Description for Witchcraft, Power and Politics: Exploring the Occult in the South African Lowveld (Anthropology, Culture and Society)
Paperback. A fascinating and in-depth study of witchcraft in contemporary South Africa. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 figures/6 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPN; HRQX5; JHMP; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
This is an extraordinary account of witchcraft and witch-hunting in the modern world. A powerful ethnographic study of witch-hunting in 1980s South Africa - a period of rapid social change - this book demonstrates the extent to which witchcraft must be seen, not as a residue of 'traditional' culture but as part of a complex social drama which is deeply embedded in contemporary political and economic processes.
Isak Niehaus provides the context for this fascinating study of witchcraft practices. He shows how witchcraft was politicised against the backdrop of the apartheid state, the liberation struggle and ... Read more
This is an extraordinary account of witchcraft and witch-hunting in the modern world. A powerful ethnographic study of witch-hunting in 1980s South Africa - a period of rapid social change - this book demonstrates the extent to which witchcraft must be seen, not as a residue of 'traditional' culture but as part of a complex social drama which is deeply embedded in contemporary political and economic processes.
Isak Niehaus provides the context for this fascinating study of witchcraft practices. He shows how witchcraft was politicised against the backdrop of the apartheid state, the liberation struggle and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
Series
Anthropology, Culture and Society
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745315584
SKU
V9780745315584
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About Isak Niehaus
Isak Niehaus is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Eliazaar Mohlala is the joint author of Witchcraft, Power and Politics (Pluto, 2001). Kally Shokaneo is the joint author of Witchcraft, Power and Politics (Pluto, 2001).
Reviews for Witchcraft, Power and Politics: Exploring the Occult in the South African Lowveld (Anthropology, Culture and Society)
'Profound and often painful insights into the transformations that have taken place in South Africa'
Times Literary Supplement 'Demonstrates that the recent changes in witchcraft beliefs and persecutions are closely related to those conditions which have exacerbated the misery and poverty of rural Africans in this region'
Anthrops - International review of anthropology and linguistics. 'An important contribution ... Read more
Times Literary Supplement 'Demonstrates that the recent changes in witchcraft beliefs and persecutions are closely related to those conditions which have exacerbated the misery and poverty of rural Africans in this region'
Anthrops - International review of anthropology and linguistics. 'An important contribution ... Read more