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Witchcraft, witches, and violence in Ghana / Mensah Adinkrah.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Berghahn Books, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (xi, 325 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781782385615
  • 1782385614
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Witchcraft, witches, and violence in Ghana.DDC classification:
  • 133.4309667 23
LOC classification:
  • BF1584.G4 A35 2015eb
Other classification:
  • LC 41528
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : Witchcraft violence in comparative perspective -- Ghana : the research setting -- Witchcraft beliefs in Ghana -- Socialization into witchcraft beliefs -- Witchcraft themes in popular Ghanaian music -- Witchcraft imagery in Akan proverbs -- Witchcraft trials in Ghanaian courts -- Witch killings -- Non-lethal treatment of alleged witches -- Gendered victimization : patriarchy, misogyny, and gynophobia -- Conclusion : Curbing witchcraft-related violence in Ghana.
Summary: Witchcraft violence is a feature of many contemporary African societies. In Ghana, belief in witchcraft and the malignant activities of putative witches is prevalent. Purported witches are blamed for all manner of adversities including inexplicable illnesses and untimely deaths. As in other historical periods and other societies, in contemporary Ghana, alleged witches are typically female, elderly, poor, and marginalized. Childhood socialization in homes and schools, exposure to mass media, and other institutional mechanisms ensure that witchcraft beliefs are transmitted across generations and entrenched over time. This book provides a detailed account of Ghanaian witchcraft beliefs and practices and their role in fueling violent attacks on alleged witches by aggrieved individuals and vigilante groups.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-319) and index.

Introduction : Witchcraft violence in comparative perspective -- Ghana : the research setting -- Witchcraft beliefs in Ghana -- Socialization into witchcraft beliefs -- Witchcraft themes in popular Ghanaian music -- Witchcraft imagery in Akan proverbs -- Witchcraft trials in Ghanaian courts -- Witch killings -- Non-lethal treatment of alleged witches -- Gendered victimization : patriarchy, misogyny, and gynophobia -- Conclusion : Curbing witchcraft-related violence in Ghana.

Print version record.

Witchcraft violence is a feature of many contemporary African societies. In Ghana, belief in witchcraft and the malignant activities of putative witches is prevalent. Purported witches are blamed for all manner of adversities including inexplicable illnesses and untimely deaths. As in other historical periods and other societies, in contemporary Ghana, alleged witches are typically female, elderly, poor, and marginalized. Childhood socialization in homes and schools, exposure to mass media, and other institutional mechanisms ensure that witchcraft beliefs are transmitted across generations and entrenched over time. This book provides a detailed account of Ghanaian witchcraft beliefs and practices and their role in fueling violent attacks on alleged witches by aggrieved individuals and vigilante groups.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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