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10. Families, Churches, the State, and the Child Witch in Angola
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- 1. Introduction: Sorcery in the Black Atlantic 1
- 2. Sorcery and Fetishism in the Modern Atlantic 19
- 3. Sorcery in Brazil: History and Historiography 41
- 4. Candomblé and Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Bahia 55
- 5. Chiefs into Witches: Cosmopolitan Discourses of the Nation, Treason, and Sorcery; The Pondoland Revolt, South Africa 75
- 6. Charlatans and Sorcerers: The Mental Hygiene Service in 1930s Recife, Brazil 95
- 7. From Enchantment by Science to Socialist Sorcery: The Cuban Republic and Its Savage Slot 121
- 8. The Logic of Sorcery and Democracy in Contemporary Brazil 145
- 9. Naming the Evil: Democracy and Sorcery in Contemporary Cameroon and South Africa 165
- 10. Families, Churches, the State, and the Child Witch in Angola 187
- 11. Sorcery, Territories, and Marginal Resistances in Rio de Janeiro 209
- 12. Witchcraft and Modernity: Perspectives from Africa and Beyond 233
- Bibliography 259
- Contributors 285
- Index 289
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- 1. Introduction: Sorcery in the Black Atlantic 1
- 2. Sorcery and Fetishism in the Modern Atlantic 19
- 3. Sorcery in Brazil: History and Historiography 41
- 4. Candomblé and Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Bahia 55
- 5. Chiefs into Witches: Cosmopolitan Discourses of the Nation, Treason, and Sorcery; The Pondoland Revolt, South Africa 75
- 6. Charlatans and Sorcerers: The Mental Hygiene Service in 1930s Recife, Brazil 95
- 7. From Enchantment by Science to Socialist Sorcery: The Cuban Republic and Its Savage Slot 121
- 8. The Logic of Sorcery and Democracy in Contemporary Brazil 145
- 9. Naming the Evil: Democracy and Sorcery in Contemporary Cameroon and South Africa 165
- 10. Families, Churches, the State, and the Child Witch in Angola 187
- 11. Sorcery, Territories, and Marginal Resistances in Rio de Janeiro 209
- 12. Witchcraft and Modernity: Perspectives from Africa and Beyond 233
- Bibliography 259
- Contributors 285
- Index 289