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Witchcraft, Witches, and Violence in Ghana.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (337 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781782385615
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Witchcraft, Witches, and Violence in GhanaDDC classification:
  • 133.4309667
LOC classification:
  • BF1584.G5A35 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- WITCHCRAFT, WITCHES, AND VIOLENCE IN GHANA -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Witchcraft Violence in Comparative Perspective -- Chapter 1 - Ghana: The Research Setting -- Chapter 2 - Witchcraft Beliefs in Ghana -- Chapter 3 - Socialization into Witchcraft Beliefs -- Chapter 4 - Witchcraft Themes in Popular Ghanaian Music -- Chapter 5 - Witchcraft Imagery in Akan Proverbs -- Chapter 6 - Witchcraft Trials in Ghanaian Courts -- Chapter 7 - Witch Killings -- Chapter 8 - Nonlethal Treatment of Alleged Witches -- Chapter 9 - Gendered Victimization: Patriarchy, Misogyny, and Gynophobia -- Conclusion - Curbing Witchcraft-Related Violence in Ghana -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- WITCHCRAFT, WITCHES, AND VIOLENCE IN GHANA -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Witchcraft Violence in Comparative Perspective -- Chapter 1 - Ghana: The Research Setting -- Chapter 2 - Witchcraft Beliefs in Ghana -- Chapter 3 - Socialization into Witchcraft Beliefs -- Chapter 4 - Witchcraft Themes in Popular Ghanaian Music -- Chapter 5 - Witchcraft Imagery in Akan Proverbs -- Chapter 6 - Witchcraft Trials in Ghanaian Courts -- Chapter 7 - Witch Killings -- Chapter 8 - Nonlethal Treatment of Alleged Witches -- Chapter 9 - Gendered Victimization: Patriarchy, Misogyny, and Gynophobia -- Conclusion - Curbing Witchcraft-Related Violence in Ghana -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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