Made-from-bone : trickster myths, music, and history from the Amazon by Hill, Jonathan David, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Naratives from The World Opens Up -- Kuwai, the Powerful Sound the Opened Up the World -- The Struggle between Made-from-Bone and First-Woman -- The Origin of Hallucinogenic Snuff and Shamanic Healing -- The Origin of Honey for Curing -- The Origin of Witchcraft and Its Treatment -- The Origin of Enchanted Spirits and the City of Gold -- 7. …”
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Religious authority in the Spanish Renaissance by Homza, Lu Ann, 1958-

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Anthropology in the public arena : historical to contemporary contexts in Britain by MacClancy, Jeremy

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Martial masculinities : experiencing and imagining the military in the long nineteenth century

Table of Contents: “…Hunger and cannibalism : James Hogg's deconstruction of Scottish military masculinities in The Three Perils of Man or War, Women, and Witchcraft! / Barbara Leonardi -- Model military men : Charlotte Yonge and the 'martial ardour' of 'a soldier's daughter' / Susan Walton -- 'And the individual withers' : Tennyson and the enlistment into military masculinity / Lorenzo Servitje -- Charlotte Brontë's 'warrior priest' : St John Rivers and the language of war / Karen Turner -- 'Something which every boy can learn' : accessible knightly masculinities in children's Arthuriana, 1903-11 / Elly McCausland -- 'A story of treasure, war and wild adventure' : heroworship, imperial masculinities and inter-generational ideologies in H. …”
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Adapting to a new world : English society in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake by Horn, James P. P.

Table of Contents: “…The World of Goods: Household PossessionsThe Material World: Poverty, Class, and Gender; 8 Order and Disorder; The Establishment of Authority; Crimes and Misdemeanors; Protest and Rebellion; 9 Inner Worlds: Religion and Popular Belief; Religion, Church, and Society; Magic and Witchcraft; 10 English Society in the New World; Index.…”
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Riches hidden in secret places : ancient Near Eastern studies in memory of Thorkild Jacobsen

Table of Contents: “…Bibliography of Thorkild Jacobsen / Tzvi Abusch and John Huehnergard -- Thorkild Jacobsen : an appreciation / Tzvi Abusch -- Thorkild Jacobsen's Danish academic background / Bendt Alster -- The socio-religious framework of the Babylonian witchcraft ceremony Maqlû : some obserations on the introductory section of text, part I / Tzvi Abusch -- ilū awīlum : we-e i-la, "gods : men" versus "man : god" : punning and the reversal of patterns in the Atrahasis epic / Bendt Alster -- The Sumerians in their landscape / Jeremy Black -- The forerunners of Maru and Ḫamṭu in Old Babylonian / Miguel Civil -- Buddies in Babylonia : Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and Mesopotamian homosexuality / Jerrold S. …”
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A companion to the anthropology of death

Table of Contents: “…Burnet -- Impassable visions : the Cambodia to come, the detritus in its wake / Hudson McFann and Alexander Laban Hinton -- Experience, empathy, and flexibility : on participant observation in deadly fields / Ivana Macek -- Learning how to die / Robert Desjarlais -- Whirlpools, glitter and ferocious intruders : the palpability of death in Chachi animism / Istvan Praet -- Shamanic rebirth and the paradox of disremembering the dead among Mapuche in Chile / Ana Mariella Bacigalupo -- After death communications (ADCs) : signs from the other world in contemporary North America / Ellen Badone -- Cryonic suspension as eschatological technology in the secular age / Abou Farman -- From here and to death : the archaeology of the human body / Liv Nilsson Stutz -- Death, corporeality and uncertainty in Zimbabwe / Joost Fontein -- Death, power, and silence : Native Nations' ancestral remains at the Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania / Jacqueline Fear-Segal -- In the absence of a corpse : rituals for body donors in the Netherlands / Sophie Bolt -- Death as spectacle : plastinated bodies in Germany / Uli Linke -- The body as medicine : blood and organ donation in China / Charlotte Ikels -- Ethical dilemmas in the field : witchcraft and biomedical aetiology in South Africa / Isak Niehaus -- The disappearance of dying and why it matters / Helen Stanton Chapple -- The fragility of biomedicine : death, detachment and moral dilemmas of care in a Kenyan hospital / Ruth J. …”
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Crime and punishment in Latin America : law and society since late colonial times

Table of Contents: “…González -- The criminalization of the syphilitic body: prostitutes, health crimes, and society in Mexico City, 1867-1930 / Christina Rivera-Garza -- Healing and mischief: witchcraft in Brazilian law and literature, 1890-1922 / Dain Borges -- Passion, perversity, and the pace of justice in Argentina at the turn of the last century / Kristin Ruggiero -- Cuidado con los rateros: the making of criminals in modern Mexico City / Pablo Piccato -- The penalties of freedom: punishment in post-emancipation Jamaica / Diana Paton -- Death and liberalism: capital punishment after the fall of Rosas / Ricardo D. …”
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The Wye plays : the back of beyond, and the battle of the crows by Rabey, David Ian, 1958-

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Africa's Anthropological Dictionary on Love and Understanding : Marriage and the Tensions of Belonging in Cameroon by Fossungu, Peter Ateh-Afac

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Death, Mourning, and Burial A Cross-Cultural Reader. by Robben, Antonius C. G. M.

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Violence de l'interprétation (XVIe-XVIIe s.) : le texte devant l'Inquisition

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Made-from-bone : trickster myths, music, and history from the Amazon by Hill, Jonathan David, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Naratives from The World Opens Up -- Kuwai, the Powerful Sound the Opened Up the World -- The Struggle between Made-from-Bone and First-Woman -- The Origin of Hallucinogenic Snuff and Shamanic Healing -- The Origin of Honey for Curing -- The Origin of Witchcraft and Its Treatment -- The Origin of Enchanted Spirits and the City of Gold -- 7. …”
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Arcana mundi : magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds : a collection of ancient texts

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Arcana mundi : magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds : a collection of ancient texts

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The critical analysis of religious diversity

Table of Contents: “…8 Constructing and Representing the New Religious Diversity with Old Classifications: 'World Religions' as an Excluding Category in Interreligious Dialogue in Switzerland9 He Said, We Said: Religion in the York University Controversy of 2013-2014; 10 Interfaith Youth in Australia: A Critical Reflection on Religious Diversity, Literacy, and Identity; 11 Religious Diversity and the News: Critical Issues in the Study of Religion and Media; 12 Law and Religious Diversity: How South African Courts Distinguish Religion, Witchcraft and Culture; Conclusion: The Problems of Religious Diversity; Index…”
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Hitler's monsters : a supernatural history of the Third Reich by Kurlander, Eric, 1973-

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The transformation of the psyche in British primary care, 1880-1970 by Hayward, Rhodri (Rhodri Lloyd)

Table of Contents: “…Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1 The Emergence of the Unconscious; 1 Myths of origins; 2 A new approach; 3 The unconscious and the presence of the past; 4 From expectation to memory; 5 French experiments in psychological healing; 6 The uptake of psychological healing in British medical practice; 7 Popular literature and the new witchcraft; 8 Late Victorian psychotherapy; 9 Conclusion; Chapter 2 The Healing Power of History; 1 Psychology and the fabric of things; 2 General practice and the rise of the extended self.…”
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Spoken word and social practice : orality in Europe (1400-1700)

Table of Contents: “…Witches' words : Oral transfer of ideas about witchcraft in seventeenth-century Norway / Liv-Helene Willumsen -- St Helena and Love Magic: From the Spanish Inquisition to Internet / Susana Gala Pellicer -- Words on Trial : The Power of the Spoken Word : Depositions of the Imperial Chamber Court: Power, Resistance -- And 'orality'/ Marcus Bahr -- Tracking conversation in the Italian courts / Thomas V. …”
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Mobs : an interdisciplinary inquiry

Table of Contents: “…Ruiz -- The people submissive, the people rebellious / Richard Taruskin -- A riot, a harangue, and a (failed) uprising : three scenes from nineteenth-century operas / Daivd Rosen -- The hourglass figure in Manzoni's I promessi sposi [The betrothed] : multiplicities in flux, spatial form, and the Milanese bread riots of 1628 / Aino Anna-Maria Paasonen -- Arthur Miller's The crucible : witchcraft and mob hysteria in America / A. Richard Sogliuzzo.…”
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The visual arts : plastic and graphic

Table of Contents: “…Part Two: Art In Its Cultural Setting Witchcraft Belief In The Explanation Of Traditional African Iconography -- Grave Sculptures Of The Dakakari -- Baule And Yoruba Art Criticism: A Comparison -- Tea House Paintings In Iran -- The Chalk Figures Of Southern New Ireland And The Gazelle Peninsula And Their Relationship To Other South Pacific Areas -- A Painted Bark Shelter In Central Arnhem Land -- Part Three: Art And Change In Form, Content, And Meaning: The Creative Innovator, Acculturation, And Ethnohistory…”
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Communities of the soul : a short history of religion in Puerto Rico by Igartua, José E., 1946-

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Religion in Enlightenment England : an anthology of primary sources

Table of Contents: “…Saducismus Triumphatus, 1683 / Joseph Glanvill ; An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft, 1718 / Francis Hutchinson ; An Essay on the History and Reality of Apparitions, 1727 / Daniel Defoe -- IX. …”
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Circles and lines : the shape of life in early America by Demos, John

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The English Atlantic in an age of revolution, 1640-1661 by Pestana, Carla Gardina

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The supernatural revamped : from timeworn legends to twenty-first-century chic

Table of Contents: “…Taylor Kollman -- Philosophers and demons: Socrates, Descartes, and the search for certainty / Darren Hibbs -- The haunting of a nation: ghostly public discourses and Jamaican national trauma / Andrea Shaw Nevins -- An American werewolf in Trellebourg: representation of the werewolf in Swedish folk belief and popular culture / Tommy Kuusela -- Magic Mexican modernity: the shifting image of witches and witchcraft in the movies / Claudia Schaefer and Raul Rodríguez-Hernández -- Deborah Harkness's All Souls Trilogy, supernatural heredity, and "creature" genetics / Ashley Szanter -- An anime Dullahan: the Irish death messenger adapted in Japanese popular culture / Masaya Shimokusu -- Re-dressing revenants: anxieties of the body, the self, and desire when the undead make a stylish return / Sarah Heaton -- From vampires to zombies: the revisionist recreation of I Am Legend / Jessica E. …”
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Changing women, changing history : a bibliography of the history of women in Canada by Pedersen, Diana L. (Diana Lynn)

Table of Contents: “…Criminal Justice/CrimeEquality Rights -- General -- Legal Profession -- Marriage/Divorce/Custody -- Public Policy/Social Services -- MASS CULTURE/MEDIA -- Consumption/Advertising -- Media/Communications -- Tourism/Leisure -- MATERIAL CULTURE/POPULAR CULTURE -- Material Culture/Museums -- Popular Culture/Folklore -- MILITARY/WAR -- General -- POLITICS -- Biographies/Memoirs -- Political Participation -- RELIGION -- General -- Judaism -- Protestantism -- Roman Catholicism -- Witchcraft/Supernatural -- SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY -- General…”
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Tiger in an african palace : and other thoughts about identification and transformation by Fardon, Richard

Table of Contents: “…A transformational analysis of the political organization of the Tiv and their neighbours; Part I The Tiv; The background; The segmentary lineage model of the Tiv; A theoretical digression; Marriage by exchange; Kinship and clanship; Witchcraft and cults; Kinship terminology; Conclusion; Part II The transformations; Exchange marriage systems; The Mambila; Intermediary systems: Kona and Wiya; Marriage lordship: Bamileke, Bangwa, Bamum.…”
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Demons and illness from antiquity to the early-modern period

Table of Contents: “…The Post-Reformation Challenge to Demonic Possession / Harman Bhogal -- From A Discoverie to The Triall of Witchcraft : Doctor Cotta and Godly John / Pierre Kapitaniak -- Healing with Demons? …”
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The veil of Moses : Jewish themes in Russian literature of the romantic era by Vaĭskopf, Mikhail

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Five The Ideological and Social Background of the Jewish Image The Attack on Jewry: Administration, Society, Literature; "The Soil of the Old Testament"; The People of a Savage God; From Witchcraft to Demonic Conspiracy; Chapter Six Encounters with Judaism and the Jews: Amendments Based on Real Impressions; The Problem of Authorial Erudition; Everyday Acquaintanceship, Social and Ethnographic Observations; Jews in Neighboring Countries: Travelers' Accounts; Kind or Helpful Jews in Russian Memoirs and Travel Notes; Chapter Seven Literary Templates…”
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Bewitched by Metz, Walter, 1967-

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Archaeology and ethnography along the Loango Coast in the south west of the Republic of Congo by Wait, G. A. (Gerald A.), Thiaw, Ibrahima

Table of Contents: “…Tchikombi and Mangoudi and other dances/festivals -- Christian Churches and Traditional Witchcraft and Sorcery -- Terriens, Village Chiefs, Christian Churches -- Conclusions -- Distribution of Sacred sites -- Figure 22. …”
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Epidemic urbanism : contagious diseases in global cities

Table of Contents: “…Case study: Bubonic plague in Bristol, 1665-66 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 Smallpox and the Specter of Mexican Citizenship, 1826 -- Case study: "A thing they call witchcraft": Vaccination in 1826 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 Complacency, Confusion, and the Mismanagement of Cholera in York, England, 1832 -- Case study: Cholera in York, 1832 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 Cholera, the Roman Aqueduct, and Urban Renewal in Naples, Italy, 1860-1914 -- Case study: The Neapolitan aqueduct -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 7 The Contested Governance of Border Railways and the Plague of Northeast China, 1910-11…”
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Dario Fo : People's Court Jester. by Mitchell, Tony

Table of Contents: “…Musical activities and the cinemaThe early farces; The 'bourgeois period'; The television fiasco; Historical drama in an epic context; Graveyard humour and witchcraft; Popular music, an adaptation, and circus satire; CHAPTER 3. …”
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Zimbabwe's cultural heritage by Nyathi, Pathisa, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- About the Author -- Contents -- Introduction -- THE NDEBELE -- Face to face with the spirit of Africa -- Mzilikazi in Zululand -- The treasures of Old Bulawayo -- Elaborate Ndebele marriage rites -- Polygamy for a special purpose -- Icholo and other wifely adornments -- Pregnancy and marriage -- All about 8216;Matshayisikhova -- from a mobile library -- Evictees cries of desperation fell on deaf ears -- Gogo Matshazis slit ears 8216;mark her as an Ndebele -- The millennium and the African concept of time -- Why a cattle kraal is sacred -- The myths surrounding multiple births -- People of Godlwayo retain identity and pride -- Witchcraft -- Belief in afterlife shown in burial methods -- Rituals and taboos surrounding death -- Sacred rituals observed during a matriarchs burial -- THE XHOSA (AMAFENGU) -- Male circumcision among the amaXhosa of Zimbabwe -- THE TONGA -- Introduction -- Tonga architecture -- The origin of the name Binga -- Language corruption: from 8216;Kasamba bezi to Zambezi -- The Tonga nchelwa provides a healthier way of smoking -- Bulumba: Tonga hole-in-the-nose -- Zambezi River intricately tied to Tonga culture -- The Dombe language has no written form -- THE SHONA -- Link between Mapungubwe and the Shona -- The magnificent Great Zimbabwe -- The origins of Khami Ruins -- Legend of a four-eyed boy -- Origins of the VaRemba -- Customs that lead to burial disputes -- Nothing unusual in demanding cellphone -- THE KALANGA -- The origin of the name Kalanga -- Kalanga inheritance -- How the Nyubi tackled epidemics -- Rainmaking ceremonies are part of African culture -- Mbanje originally entwined with culture -- The Kalanga and 8216;Nholo we mwizana -- Observance of traditional holy days -- THE NAMBIYA -- A brief history of the Nambiya -- Ega Washington Sansole recounts Nambiya history -- THE VENDA -- The significance of 8216;Amalaveni among the Venda -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Back Cover.…”
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Embracing Indigenous knowledge in science and medical teaching by Hewson, Mariana G.

Table of Contents: “…Ways of Knowing""; "" Comparison of Western and Traditional Healing Procedures""; "" Witchcraft in African Medicine""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7: Education of Traditional Healers""; ""The Decision to Become a Healer""; "" Initiation Ceremony""; "" Training Process""; "" Accreditation""; "" Continuing Education""; ""References""; ""Part IV: Research in, and Applications to, Science and Medical Teaching""…”
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The Western Lacustrine Bantu (Nyoro, Toro, Nyankore, Kiga, Haya and Zinza with Sections on the Amba and Konjo) : East Central Africa, part XIII by Taylor, Brian Kingzett

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Routledge Handbook of South Asian Criminology

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Our mothers, our powers, our texts : manifestations of Ajé in Africana literature by Washington, Teresa N., 1971-

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Law from the Tigris to the Tiber : the writings of Raymond Westbrook. Vol. 1, The shared tradition by Westbrook, Raymond

Table of Contents: “…""Patronage in the Ancient Near East""""Adultery in Ancient Near Eastern Law""; ""Witchcraft and the Law in the Ancient Near East""; ""Part Three The Tradition in Greco-Roman Law""; ""The Trial Scene in the Iliad""; ""Penelopeâ€?…”
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