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Magic, witchcraft, and curing.

Contributor Middleton, John, 1921-2009.

Imprint:Garden City, NY : Published for the American Museum of Natural History [New York, by] the Natural History Press, 1967.

Descriptionx, 346 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Note:The morphology and function of magic: a comparative study of Trobriand and Zande ritual and spells / E.E. Evans-Pritchard -- The sorcerer and his magic / Claude Lévi-Strauss -- Miching mallecho, that means witchcraft / Laura Bohannan -- The concept of "bewitching" in Lugbara / John Middleton -- Nagual, witch, and sorcerer in a Quiché village / Benson Saler -- The sociology of sorcery in a Central African tribe / M.G. Marwick -- Witchcraft as social process in a Tzeltal community / Manning Nash -- A sociological analysis of witch beliefs in a Mysore village / Scarlett Epstein -- Konkomba sorcery / David Tait -- Dreams and the wishes of the soul": a type of psychoanalytic theory among the 17th-century Iroquois / Anthony F.C. Wallace -- Shamanistic behavior among the Netsilik Eskimos / Asen Balikci -- Divination in Bunyoro, Uganda / John Beattie -- Divination and its social contexts / George K. Park -- Witchcraft and clanship in Cochiti therapy / J. Robin Fox -- Group therapy and social status in the Zar cult of Ethiopia / Simon D. Messing -- Spirit possession as illness in a north Indian village / Stanley A. Freed, Ruth S. Freed.

Bibliography Note:Bibliography: p. [321]-330.

Note:Recommended in Books for College Libraries

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Buhl LibraryBuhl - Open Stacks GN475 .M47 1967 Available

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Middleton, John, 1921-2009.
American Museum of Natural History.
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Magic.
Witchcraft.