Naming the Witch

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Author: James Siegel

ISBN-10: 0804751951

ISBN-13: 9780804751957

Category: Southeast Asian History

"This is an exceptionally rich book that deserves careful study."—Pacific Affairs

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Naming the Witch explores the recent series of witchcraft accusations and killings in East Java, which spread as the Suharto regime slipped into crisis and then fell.

1The truth of sorcery292Voodoo death533Institutionalizing accident704Suharto, witches1115Menace from all directions1716No witch appears1937Naming the witch210

\ From the Publisher"...this monograph [is] a major contribution and should help to put the purportedly old-fashioned topic of witches and witchcraft accusations back into the centre of anthropological study of Asia."—Religion\ "This is an exceptionally rich book that deserves careful study."—Pacific Affairs\ \ \