Witches: Through Changing Contexts Women Remain the Target

Shivani Satija, Govind Kelkar and Dev Nathan

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Abstract: This paper deals with the phenomenon of witch-hunting among indigenous peoples in peninsular India. It looks at this phenomenon in a number of different contexts: the struggle over domination in the sphere of rituals, and also contestation in more mundane spheres, such as control over land and property and new forms of accumulation.

Keywords: Witches; Women; witch-hunting; Rituals; Empowerment; violence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-07
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