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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : MacDonald, Helen
Titre(s) : Witchcraft accusations from central India [Texte imprimé] : the fragmented urn / Helen Macdonald
Publication : Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xi, 292 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"This book unravels the institutions surrounding witchcraft in the central Indian
state of Chhattisgarh through theoretical and empirical research on witchcraft, violence
and modernity in contemporary times. The author pieces together 'fragments' of stories
gathered utilising ethnographic methods to examine the meanings associated with witches
and witchcraft, and how they connect with social relations, gender, notions of agency,
law, media and the state. The volume uses the metaphor of the shattered urn to tell
the story of the accusations, punishment, rescue and the aftermath of the events of
the trial of women accused of being witches. It situates the 'ṭonhī' or witch as
a key elaborating symbol that orders behaviour to determine who the socially included
and excluded are in communities. Through the personal interviews and other ethnographic
methods conducted over the course of many years, the author delves into the stories
and practices related to witchcraft, its relations with modernity, and the relationship
between violence and ideological norms in society. Insightful and detailed, this book
will be of great interest to academics and researchers of anthropology, development
studies, sociology, history, violence, gender studies, tribal studies and psychology.
It will also be useful for readers in both historic and contemporary witchcraft practices
as well as policy makers"
Sujet(s) : Sorcellerie -- Chattisagarh (Inde)
Indice(s) Dewey :
133.430 954 (23e éd.) = Magie et sorcellerie - Asie du Sud Inde
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780367023102. - ISBN 0367023105. - ISBN 9781003111252 (erroné) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46676328f
Notice n° :
FRBNF46676328
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Scattered fragments ; an introduction of sorts ; Reflections from the field ;
The colonial project ; Anthropology overcoming its inheritance ; Crafting witches
; Resolution and rupture ; Policing witchcraft ; Headlines and by-lines ; Rationality
and disenchanting belief ; Law and disorder ; Remaking social worlds ; Postscrip
