TY  - BOOK
AU  - Adinkrah,Mensah
TI  - Witchcraft, witches, and violence in Ghana
SN  - 9781782385608 (hardback)
AV  - BF1584.G5 A35 2015
U1  - 133.4309667 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New york
PB  - Oxford publishers
KW  - Witchcraft
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Ghana
KW  - Witches
KW  - Violence against
KW  - Trials (Witchcraft)
KW  - Sexism in witchcraft trials
KW  - Akan (African people)
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-319) and index; Introduction: witchcraft violence in comparative perspective --; Ghana : the research setting --; Witchcraft beliefs in Ghana --; Socialization into witchcraft beliefs --; Witchcraft themes in popular Ghanaian music --; Witchcraft imagery in Akan proverbs --; Witchcraft trials in Ghanaian courts --; Witch killings --; Non-lethal treatment of alleged witches --; Gendered victimization : patriarchy, misogyny, and gynophobia --; Conclusion: curbing witchcraft-related violence in Ghana
ER  -