Witchcraft and sorcery
Subtitle: selected readings
By: edited by Max Marwick.
Contributors: Marwick, Max, 1916-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Harmondsworth
Language: eng
Number of pages: 496
Subjects: Witchcraft.
Description: Part One looks at the different approaches to the topic, and includes an extract from Evans-Pritchard's classic study of the Azande. Part Two samples the rich ethnography of witchcraft, and contains papers on the European and Salem witch-hunts. Part Three looks at theories of witchcraft and particularly at how witchcraft and cultist movements are often indicators of social strain. Part Four looks at the urbanization of modern witchcraft and Part Five at the way in which witch-beliefs throw light on other problems.
Notes: Previous ed., 1970.

Bibliography, p477-479. - Includes index.