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Leader LDR cam a 00
Control # 1 hbl99053829
Control # Id 3 GCG
Date 5 20200504012606.0
Fixed Data 8 040512s2005 iluab b 001 0 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2004011326
ISBN 20    $a0226029735 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN 20    $a0226029743 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Obsolete 39    $a275742$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC$dGCG
Authen. Ctr. 42    $apcc
Geog. Area 43    $af-sa---
LC Call 50 00 $aBF1584.S6$bA84 2005
Dewey Class 82 00 $a133.4/3/0968221$222
ME:Pers Name 100 $aAshforth, Adam.
Title 245 10 $aWitchcraft, violence, and democracy in South Africa /$cAdam Ashforth.
Imprint 260    $aChicago :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$cc2005.
Phys Descrpt 300    $axx, 396 p. :$bill., 1 map ;$c24 cm.
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 331-386) and index.
Note:Content 505 $aSpiritual insecurity and political power -- Dimensions of insecurity in contemporary Soweto -- On living in a world with witches -- Freedom, democracy, and witchcraft : Soweto in the 1990s -- On believing, and not believing, in witchcraft -- Poison, medicine, and the power of secret knowledge -- Death, pollution, and the dangers of dirt -- A brief history of the spirit world -- Invisible beings in everyday life -- Vulnerabilities of the soul -- Witchcraft, violence, and justice -- Democratic statecraft in a world of witches.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aWitchcraft$zSouth Africa$zSoweto.
Subj:Geog. 651  0 $aWitchcraft$xPolitical aspects$zSouth Africa$zSoweto.