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020			_a9781782385608 (hardback)
020			_z9781782385615 (ebook)
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050	0	0	_aBF1584.G5 _bA35 2015
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100	1		_aAdinkrah, Mensah, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWitchcraft, witches, and violence in Ghana / _cMensah Adinkrah.
260			_aNew york ; _bOxford publishers , _cc2015.
300			_axi, 325 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 303-319) and index.
505	0	0	_tIntroduction: witchcraft violence in comparative perspective -- _tGhana : the research setting -- _tWitchcraft beliefs in Ghana -- _tSocialization into witchcraft beliefs -- _tWitchcraft themes in popular Ghanaian music -- _tWitchcraft imagery in Akan proverbs -- _tWitchcraft trials in Ghanaian courts -- _tWitch killings -- _tNon-lethal treatment of alleged witches -- _tGendered victimization : patriarchy, misogyny, and gynophobia -- _tConclusion: curbing witchcraft-related violence in Ghana.
650		0	_aWitchcraft _xSocial aspects _zGhana.
650		0	_aWitches _zGhana _xViolence against.
650		0	_aTrials (Witchcraft) _zGhana.
650		0	_aSexism in witchcraft trials _zGhana.
650		0	_aAkan (African people) _xSocial conditions.
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