Witchcraft Confessions and AccusationsMary Douglas Historians as well as anthropologists have contributed to this volume of studies on aspects of witchcraft in a variety of cultures and periods from Tudor England to twentieth-century Africa and New Guinea. |
Contents
NORMAN COHN | 3 |
PETER BROWN | 17 |
KEITH THOMAS | 47 |
ALAN MACFARLANE | 81 |
The county of Essex showing sample villages | 85 |
ALISON REDMAYNE | 103 |
Chikanga and surrounding area | 104 |
R G WILLIS | 129 |
PETER RIVIÈRE | 245 |
ANTHONY FORGE | 257 |
GODFREY LIENHARDT | 279 |
A Structural Approach to Witchcraft and Spirit | 293 |
BRIAN SPOONER | 311 |
G I JONES | 321 |
differential concern with | 322 |
MALCOLM RUEL | 333 |
EDWIN ARDENER | 141 |
ROBERT BRAIN | 161 |
JULIAN PITTRIVERS | 183 |
ESTHER GOODY | 207 |
T O BEIDELMAN | 351 |
Notes on Contributors | 357 |
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