Witchcraft and Sorcery

A Companion to Psychological Anthropology: Modernity and Psychocultural Change

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 389-416

  Devisch, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cosmology; Patriarchal discourse; Social exchange; Social relations; Utopia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889355869     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996409.ch22     Document Type: Chapter

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