Sabina Magliocco

Witching Culture

Folklore and Neo-Paganism in America

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sabina Magliocco teaches anthropology at California State University, Northridge.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780812218794
• ISBN-10: 0812218795
• Artikelnr.: 21393853

Autorenporträt

Sabina Magliocco

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Ethnography of Magic and the Magic of Ethnography
PART I. ROOTS AND BRANCHES
Chapter 1. The Study of Folklore and the Reclamation of Paganism
Chapter 2. Boundaries and Borders: Imagining Community
PART II. RELIGIONS OF EXPERIENCE
Chapter 3. Making Magic: Training the Imagination
Chapter 4. Ritual: Between the Worlds
Chapter 5. "The Juice of Ritual": Pathways to Ecstasy
PART III. BEYOND EXPERIENCE: RELIGION AND IDENTITY
Chapter 6. The Romance of Subdominance: Creating Oppositional Culture
Chapter 7. "The Heart Is the Only Nation": Neo-Paganism, Ethnic Identity
and the Construction of Authenticity
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments