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Article in peer-reviewed journal |
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| Subject: |
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Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology
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| Title: |
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"Passions" in the Discourses on Witchcraft in Kerala |
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| Author(s): |
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Gilles Tarabout ( ) 1, 2 |
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| Abstract: |
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This paper is about misfortune as elaborated in the narratives of (counter-) witchcraft practitioners and consultants. Their statements can be read from different perspectives, and I choose here to look at them specifically in terms of "passions" and their control. |
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| Fulltext language: |
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English |
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| Journal: |
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| Journal of Indian Philosophy |
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Springer Verlag (Germany) |
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0022-1791 (eISSN : 1573-0395) |
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| Audience: |
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international |
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| Publication date: |
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2000 |
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| Volume: |
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28 |
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| Page, identifiant, ...: |
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651-664 |
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| Keyword(s): |
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India – Kerala – witchcraft – misfortune – emotions – antrhopology |
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