Witches: Through Changing Contexts Women Remain the Target

Published By: Institute for Human Development | Published Date: January, 01 , 2013

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.

Author(s): Shivani Satija, Govind Kelkar, Dev Nathan | Posted on: Jul 29, 2015 | Views() | Download (918)


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