Sorcery in the Black Atlantic
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Sorcery in the Black Atlantic

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Sorcery in the Black Atlantic

About this book

Most scholarship on sorcery and witchcraft has narrowly focused on specific times and places, particularly early modern Europe and twentieth-century Africa. And much of that research interprets sorcery as merely a remnant of premodern traditions. Boldly challenging these views, Sorcery in the Black Atlantic takes a longer historical and broader geographical perspective, contending that sorcery is best understood as an Atlantic phenomenon that has significant connections to modernity and globalization.

A distinguished group of contributors here examine sorcery in Brazil, Cuba, South Africa, Cameroon, and Angola. Their insightful essays reveal the way practices and accusations of witchcraft spread throughout the Atlantic world from the age of discovery up to the present, creating an indelible link between sorcery and the rise of global capitalism. Shedding new light on a topic of perennial interest, Sorcery in the Black Atlantic will be provocative, compelling reading for historians and anthropologists working in this growing field.

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Yes, you can access Sorcery in the Black Atlantic by Luis Nicolau Parés, Roger Sansi, Luis Nicolau Parés,Roger Sansi in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & African History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. 1. Introduction: Sorcery in the Black Atlantic
  3. 2. Sorcery and Fetishism in the Modern Atlantic
  4. 3. Sorcery in Brazil: History and Historiography
  5. 4. Candomblé and Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Bahia
  6. 5. Chiefs into Witches: Cosmopolitan Discourses of the Nation, Treason, and Sorcery; The Pondol and Revolt, South Africa
  7. 6. Charlatans and Sorcerers: The Mental Hygiene Service in 1930s Recife, Brazil
  8. 7. From Enchantment by Science to Socialist Sorcery: The Cuban Republic and Its Savage Slot
  9. 8. The Logic of Sorcery and Democracy in Contemporary Brazil
  10. 9. Naming the Evil: Democracy and Sorcery in Contemporary Cameroon and South Africa
  11. 10. Families, Churches, the State, and the Child Witch in Angola
  12. 11. Sorcery, Territories, and Marginal Resistances in Rio de Janeiro
  13. 12. Witchcraft and Modernity: Perspectives from Africa and Beyond
  14. Bibliography
  15. List of Contributors
  16. Index