SRS 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: The Burning Times, Witch-Hunt, Zande People
3 May 2016
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Lecture 4 - the figure of the witch. Pound of transition to manhood, woman hood puberty physical or liminal rituals. Also is the minority, ppl who are liminal in a community are often considered dangerous/scary/powerful in a negative way. Could be a location, it is someone or something, somewhere that is in between. When we talk about liminal we have to mention fear and power. Nye, moving from being a girl to woman, life and death, in africa you don"t become a man until you kill your first lion, can be in a liminal location (between kitchen and living room) being engaged then married) Ability of person to cause harm by means of a personal power that resides within body of the witch. Witchcraft among azande: azande are large culture group living in southern sudan. Reluctant to discuss witchcraft: many deny its existence, although this might be because admitting to knowledge of witchcraft seen as suspicious.
