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Adinkrah, Mensah. "INTRODUCTION Witchcraft Violence in Comparative Perspective". Witchcraft, Witches, and Violence in Ghana, New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2015, pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782385615-003

Adinkrah, M. (2015). INTRODUCTION Witchcraft Violence in Comparative Perspective. In Witchcraft, Witches, and Violence in Ghana (pp. 1-19). New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782385615-003

Adinkrah, M. 2015. INTRODUCTION Witchcraft Violence in Comparative Perspective. Witchcraft, Witches, and Violence in Ghana. New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books, pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782385615-003

Adinkrah, Mensah. "INTRODUCTION Witchcraft Violence in Comparative Perspective" In Witchcraft, Witches, and Violence in Ghana, 1-19. New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782385615-003

Adinkrah M. INTRODUCTION Witchcraft Violence in Comparative Perspective. In: Witchcraft, Witches, and Violence in Ghana. New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books; 2015. p.1-19. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782385615-003

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
ILLUSTRATIONS viii
PREFACE ix
INTRODUCTION Witchcraft Violence in Comparative Perspective 1
Chapter 1 GHANA The Research Setting 20
Chapter 2 WITCHCRAFT BELIEFS IN GHANA 53
Chapter 3 SOCIALIZATION INTO WITCHCRAFT BELIEFS 108
Chapter 4 WITCHCRAFT THEMES IN POPULAR GHANAIAN MUSIC 134
Chapter 5 WITCHCRAFT IMAGERY IN AKAN PROVERBS 154
Chapter 6 WITCHCRAFT TRIALS IN GHANAIAN COURTS 183
Chapter 7 WITCH KILLINGS 208
Chapter 8 NONLETHAL TREATMENT OF ALLEGED WITCHES 235
Chapter 9 GENDERED VICTIMIZATION Patriarchy, Misogyny, and Gynophobia 269
Conclusion CURBING WITCHCRAFT-RELATED VIOLENCE IN GHANA 286
GLOSSARY 299
BIBLIOGRAPHY 303
Index 320

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
ILLUSTRATIONS viii
PREFACE ix
INTRODUCTION Witchcraft Violence in Comparative Perspective 1
Chapter 1 GHANA The Research Setting 20
Chapter 2 WITCHCRAFT BELIEFS IN GHANA 53
Chapter 3 SOCIALIZATION INTO WITCHCRAFT BELIEFS 108
Chapter 4 WITCHCRAFT THEMES IN POPULAR GHANAIAN MUSIC 134
Chapter 5 WITCHCRAFT IMAGERY IN AKAN PROVERBS 154
Chapter 6 WITCHCRAFT TRIALS IN GHANAIAN COURTS 183
Chapter 7 WITCH KILLINGS 208
Chapter 8 NONLETHAL TREATMENT OF ALLEGED WITCHES 235
Chapter 9 GENDERED VICTIMIZATION Patriarchy, Misogyny, and Gynophobia 269
Conclusion CURBING WITCHCRAFT-RELATED VIOLENCE IN GHANA 286
GLOSSARY 299
BIBLIOGRAPHY 303
Index 320

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