MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University

Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

ANY3250

The anthropology of witchcraft and sorcery

Proposed to be offered next in 1997

D Ryan

8 points + 2 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton

Synopsis The subject examines witchcraft and sorcery as aspects of magico-religious belief systems in a variety of crosscultural and historical settings. On the basis of selected case studies, the pertinence of a consideration of witchcraft and sorcery in relation to issues such as rationality, religiosity and power is discussed.

Assessment Written (6000 words): 100%

Recommended texts

Douglas M (ed.) Witchcraft confessions and accusations Tavistock, 1970
Evans-Pritchard E E Witchcraft, oracles and magic among the Azande OUP, 1976
Larner C Witchcraft and religion Blackwell, 1984
Stephen M (ed.) Sorcerer and witch in Melanesia MUP, 1987

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