Chapters in this book

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