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Naming the Witch

Name: Naming the Witch
Author: James Siegel
ISBN: 9780804751957

by James Siegel

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"This is an exceptionally rich book that deserves careful study."—Pacific Affairs

Synopsis

Naming the Witch explores the recent series of witchcraft accusations and killings in East Java, which spread as the Suharto regime slipped into crisis and then fell.

About the Author, James Siegel

James Siegel is Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies at Cornell University.

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"...this monograph [is] a major contribution and should help to put the purportedly old-fashioned topic of witches and witchcraft accusations back into the centre of anthropological study of Asia."—Religion

"This is an exceptionally rich book that deserves careful study."—Pacific Affairs