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050 0 0 _aBF1584.S6
_bNIE 2013
084 _aSOC002010
_2bisacsh
100 1 _aNiehaus, Isak A.
_q(Isak Arnold)
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aWitchcraft and a life in the new South Africa /
_cIsak Niehaus.
260 _aCambridge ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press ;
_aLondon :
_bInternational African Institute,
_c2013.
300 _axxi, 239p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
490 0 _aThe International African library ;
_v43
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"Witchcraft and a Life in the New South Africa reconstructs the biography of an ordinary South African, Jimmy Mohale. Born in 1964, Jimmy came of age in rural South Africa during apartheid, then studied at university and worked as a teacher during the anti-apartheid struggle. In 2005, Jimmy died from an undiagnosed sickness, probably related to AIDS. Jimmy gradually came to see the unanticipated misfortune he experienced as a result of his father's witchcraft and sought remedies from diviners rather than from biomedical doctors. This study casts new light on scholarly understandings of the connections between South African politics, witchcraft, and the AIDS pandemic"--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 0 _aMohale, Jimmy,
_d1964-2005.
650 0 _aWitchcraft
_zSouth Africa.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
_2bisacsh
651 0 _aSouth Africa
_xSocial life and customs
_y20th century.
720 _4Peel, J. D. Y.
_egeneral editor
720 _4Heald, Suzette
_egeneral editor
720 _4James, Deborah
_egeneral editor
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