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Witchcraft, witches, and violence in Ghana /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adinkrah, Mensah (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, [2015]
Subjects:
Witchcraft > Social aspects > Ghana.
Witches > Ghana > Violence against.
Trials (Witchcraft) > Ghana.
Sexism in witchcraft trials > Ghana.
Akan (African people) > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Witchcraft violence in comparative perspective
  • Ghana : the research setting
  • Witchcraft beliefs in Ghana
  • Socialization into witchcraft beliefs
  • Witchcraft themes in popular Ghanaian music
  • Witchcraft imagery in Akan proverbs
  • Witchcraft trials in Ghanaian courts
  • Witch killings
  • Non-lethal treatment of alleged witches
  • Gendered victimization : patriarchy, misogyny, and gynophobia
  • Conclusion. Curbing witchcraft-related violence in Ghana.