This book examines witchcraft in the Bocage, a rural area of western France. The ethnographer delves into what it means to be a witch and to be bewitched, or 'caught' in a series of misfortunes. Only a professional magician, an 'unwitcher', has any chance of breaking the witch's spell and the struggle is eventually fatal.
This book examines witchcraft in the Bocage, a rural area of western France. The ethnographer delves into what it means to be a witch and to be bewitched, or 'caught' in a series of misfortunes. Only a professional magician, an 'unwitcher', has any chance of breaking the witch's spell and the struggle is eventually fatal.
Part I. There Must Be a Subject Section 1. The Way Things Are Said: 1. The mirror-image of an academic 2. Words spoken with insistence 3. When words wage war Section 2. Between 'Caught' and Catching: 1. Those who haven't been caught can't talk about it 2. A name added to a position 3. Taking one's distances from whom (or what)? Section 3. When the Text Has its Own Foreword Part II. The Realm of Secrecy Section 4. Someone Must Be Credulous Section 5. Tempted By the Impossible Section 6. The Less One Talks, The Less One Is Caught Part III. Telling It All Section 7. If You Could Do Something: 1. A bewitched in hospital 2. She a magician? 3. The misunderstanding 4. Impotent against impotence Section 8. The Omnipotent Witch: 1. The imperishable bastard 2. Speaking 3. Touching 4. Looking 5. A death at the crossroads 6. Ex post facto Section 9. Taking Over: 1. Inexplicable misfortunes 2. The other witch Section 10. To Return Evil for Evil: 1. Madame Marie from Alençon 2. Madame Marie from Izé 3. If you feel capable Section 11. Mid-way Speculations: 1. Concepts and presuppositions 2. Attack by witchcraft and its warding off Appendices References.
Part I. There Must Be a Subject Section 1. The Way Things Are Said: 1. The mirror-image of an academic 2. Words spoken with insistence 3. When words wage war Section 2. Between 'Caught' and Catching: 1. Those who haven't been caught can't talk about it 2. A name added to a position 3. Taking one's distances from whom (or what)? Section 3. When the Text Has its Own Foreword Part II. The Realm of Secrecy Section 4. Someone Must Be Credulous Section 5. Tempted By the Impossible Section 6. The Less One Talks, The Less One Is Caught Part III. Telling It All Section 7. If You Could Do Something: 1. A bewitched in hospital 2. She a magician? 3. The misunderstanding 4. Impotent against impotence Section 8. The Omnipotent Witch: 1. The imperishable bastard 2. Speaking 3. Touching 4. Looking 5. A death at the crossroads 6. Ex post facto Section 9. Taking Over: 1. Inexplicable misfortunes 2. The other witch Section 10. To Return Evil for Evil: 1. Madame Marie from Alençon 2. Madame Marie from Izé 3. If you feel capable Section 11. Mid-way Speculations: 1. Concepts and presuppositions 2. Attack by witchcraft and its warding off Appendices References.
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