Isak Niehaus

Witchcraft and a Life in the New South Africa

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Produktbeschreibung

This biography casts new light on scholarly understandings of the connections between politics, witchcraft and AIDS in South Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 437g
• ISBN-13: 9781108442695
• ISBN-10: 1108442692
• Artikelnr.: 49138347

Autorenporträt

Isak Niehaus is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Early experiences, initial suspicions
3. Becoming a man
4. 'Then I did not believe'
5. 'My second initiation'
6. 'I see things differently now'
7. Seeking revenge
8. AIDS and Oedipus
9. Reconstructing an ideal life
10. Last words.