TY  - BOOK
AU  - Adinkrah,Mensah
TI  - Witchcraft, Witches, and Violence in Ghana
SN  - 9781782385608
U1  - 133.4309667 23/eng/20231120
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Aberglaube
KW  - gnd
KW  - Akan
KW  - Frau
KW  - Gewalt
KW  - Kind
KW  - Magie
KW  - Ethnische Religion
KW  - Recht
KW  - Sozialer Konflikt
KW  - Tradition
KW  - Geschlechterrolle
KW  - Menschenrechtsverletzung
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Anthropology (General), Anthropology of Religion, Gender Studies and Sexuality
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ILLUSTRATIONS --; PREFACE --; INTRODUCTION Witchcraft Violence in Comparative Perspective --; Chapter 1 GHANA The Research Setting --; Chapter 2 WITCHCRAFT BELIEFS IN GHANA --; Chapter 3 SOCIALIZATION INTO WITCHCRAFT BELIEFS --; Chapter 4 WITCHCRAFT THEMES IN POPULAR GHANAIAN MUSIC --; Chapter 5 WITCHCRAFT IMAGERY IN AKAN PROVERBS --; Chapter 6 WITCHCRAFT TRIALS IN GHANAIAN COURTS --; Chapter 7 WITCH KILLINGS --; Chapter 8 NONLETHAL TREATMENT OF ALLEGED WITCHES --; Chapter 9 GENDERED VICTIMIZATION Patriarchy, Misogyny, and Gynophobia --; Conclusion CURBING WITCHCRAFT-RELATED VIOLENCE IN GHANA --; GLOSSARY --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; Index; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782385615?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781782385615
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ER  -