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The materiality of magic : an artefactual investigation into ritual practices and popular beliefs / edited by Ceri Houlbrook & Natalie Armitage.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Philadelphia : Oxbow, 2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781785700132
  • 1785700138
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Materiality of magic.DDC classification:
  • 133.4/309009 23
LOC classification:
  • BF1621
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: The materiality of the materiality of magic; 1. 'Also found ... (not illustrated) ... ': The curious case of the missingmagical fossils; 2. Arranged artefacts and materials in Irish Bronze Age ritual deposits:A consideration of prehistoric practice and intention; 3. Doorways, ditches and dead dogs -- excavating and recording materialmanifestations of practical magic amongst later prehistoric andRomano-British communities; 4. Domestic magic and the walking dead in medieval England:A diachronic approach; 5. European and African figural ritual magic: The beginnings of the voodoodoll myth.
6. Binding spells and curse tablets through time7. The wishing-tree of Isle Maree: The evolution of a Scottish folkloric practice; 8. Ciki and jiki: The inner and outer layers of healers' workspaces inMadina, Accra; 9. 'The Little Mannie with his daddy's horns'; Index.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Ebook Ebook NMC Library JSTOR (Purchased titles) Online BF1621 EBOOK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available online - NMC Login required 2018-263410

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: The materiality of the materiality of magic; 1. 'Also found ... (not illustrated) ... ': The curious case of the missingmagical fossils; 2. Arranged artefacts and materials in Irish Bronze Age ritual deposits:A consideration of prehistoric practice and intention; 3. Doorways, ditches and dead dogs -- excavating and recording materialmanifestations of practical magic amongst later prehistoric andRomano-British communities; 4. Domestic magic and the walking dead in medieval England:A diachronic approach; 5. European and African figural ritual magic: The beginnings of the voodoodoll myth.

6. Binding spells and curse tablets through time7. The wishing-tree of Isle Maree: The evolution of a Scottish folkloric practice; 8. Ciki and jiki: The inner and outer layers of healers' workspaces inMadina, Accra; 9. 'The Little Mannie with his daddy's horns'; Index.

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