Witchcraft suppression practices and movements: Public politics and the logic of purification

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 319-345

  Green, Maia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/S0010417500020648     Document Type: Article

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