Cunning histories: Privileging narratives in the present

History and Anthropology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 363-376

  Cornish, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context; Cunning folk; History; Museum of Witchcraft; Witchcraft

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249174701     PISSN: 02757206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757200500219610     Document Type: Article

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