TY - BOOK AU - Bowen,John R. AU - Durrenberger,E.Paul AU - Ellen,Roy AU - Forth,Gregory AU - Golomb,Louis AU - Nitibaskara,Ronny AU - Peletz,Michael G. AU - Portier,Karen AU - Slaats,Herman AU - Tannenbaum,Nicola AU - Watson,C.W. TI - Understanding Witchcraft and Sorcery in Southeast Asia SN - 9780824840464 AV - BF1584.A785 U53 1993eb U1 - 133.4/3/0959 20 PY - 2023///] CY - Honolulu : PB - University of Hawaii Press, KW - Magic KW - Southeast Asia KW - Witchcraft KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; 1 Introduction --; 2 The Relativity of Magical Malevolence in Urban Thailand --; 3 Witchcraft, Sorcery, Fortune, and Misfortune among Lisu Highlanders of Northern Thailand --; 4 Witches, Fortune, and Misfortune among the Shan of Northwestern Thailand --; 5 Anger, Anxiety, and Sorcery: An Analysis of Some Nuaulu Case Material from Seram, Eastern Indonesia --; 6 Social and Symbolic Aspects of the Witch among the Nage of Eastern Indonesia --; 7 Observations on the Practice of Sorcery in Java --; 8 Sorcery and the Law in Modern Indonesia --; 9 Knowledge, Power, and Personal Misfortune in a Malay Context --; 10 Return to Sender: A Muslim Discourse of Sorcery in a Relatively Egalitarian Society, the Gayo of Northern Sumatra --; 11 Perceptions from Within: Malign Magic in Indonesian Literature --; AUTHOR INDEX --; SUBJECT INDEX --; CONTRIBUTORS; restricted access UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824840464 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824840464 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824840464/original ER -