Witchcraft, power, and politics
Subtitle: exploring the occult in the South African lowveld
By: Isak Niehaus, with Eliazaar Mohlala and Kally Shokane
Contributors: Mohlala, Eliazaar; Shokane, Kally; NetLibrary, Inc
Series: Anthropology, culture, and society
Publisher: David Philip; Pluto Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cape Town; London; Sterling, Va
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Witchcraft
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-240) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction: exploring witchcraft, power and politics; title: Society, cosmology and the making of witchcraft: continuity and change in the history of Green Valley, 1864-1995; title: Witches of the Lowveld and their familiars: conceptions of duality, power and desire; title: Witchcraft and whites: further notes on the symbolic constitution of occult power; title: Witches, cognates, affines and neighbours: the changing distribution of witchcraft accusations; title: 'A witch has no horn': social tensions in the subjective reality of witchcraft; title: Witch-hunting and political legitimacy: chiefs, comrades and the elimination of evil, 1930-1989; title: The ANC's dilemma: the symbolic politics of four witch-hunts in the 1990s; title: Conclusion: witchcraft and the postcolonial state; title: Appendix A. Fieldwork revisited; title: Appendix B. Public perception map of South Africa; title: Appendix C. The witchcraft suppression act no. 3 of 1957; title: Appendix D. Details of the alleged witches violently attacked, green valley, 1971-1985; title: Appendix E. Details pertaining to the victims of witch-hunts organised by the comrades, Green Valley, 1986-1989; title: Appendix F. Details of those accused of witchcraft, Green Valley, the Christmas witch-hunts, 1990; title: Appendix G. Details of those accused of witchcraft, new lines, Arthur's seat, October 1993; title: Appendix H. Details of those accused of witchcraft, Rooiboklaagte, November 1994; title: Appendix I. The Witchcraft Control Act as proposed by the commission of inquiry into witchcraft violence and ritual murders in the northern province of the Republic of South Africa.