Deadly words: witchcraft in the bocage
Auteur :
Favret-Saada, Jeanne
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521297875
Date de publication :
4 déc. 1980
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,3 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
440 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book examines witchcraft in the Bocage, a rural area of western France. The ethnographer delves into what it means to be a witch and to be bewitched, or 'caught' in a series of misfortunes. Only a professional magician, an 'unwitcher', has any chance of breaking the witch's spell and the struggle is eventually fatal.