Sorcery in Its Social Setting: A Study of the Northern Rhodesian Cewa

Marwick, M. G.

ISBN 10: 0719002575 / ISBN 13: 9780719002571

Published by Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1970

About this Item

Octavo, green cloth in teal and cream printed dust jacket; 339 pages; frontispiece portrait; black and white plates, figures, maps, tables; appendices, bibliography, glossary, and index. Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Jacket shows shallow chips and short tears at head of spine and upper edges, light toning and handling. Cloth clean and square, binding tight. Ex-library from Bognor Regis College of Education with their stamp on the title page and a small library mark on the frontispiece. Binding is solid; text is clean and unmarked. ---. Classic ethnographic monograph on Chewa belief and practice, examining sorcery, witchcraft, divination, accusation, sanctions, and the role of chiefs and lineage in social control. Richly documented with case studies, lists of cases, maps, plates, and extensive tables, with glossary and bibliography. Not the 1965 first edition; this is the 1970 reissue printing from Manchester University Press.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sorcery in Its Social Setting: A Study of the Northern Rhodesian Cewa
• Publisher: Manchester University Press, Manchester
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719002575
• ISBN 13: 9780719002571
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Reprint.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good+