Inhaltsangabe: Magic : :: Zenon

Magic : a theory from the south

1. Verfasser:	De Martino, Ernesto, 1908-1965 , [VerfasserIn]
Weitere Verfasser:	Zinn, Dorothy Louise , [ÜbersetzerIn] , [edidtor of compilation.]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr:	Chicago : Hau Books, [2015]
Umfang/Format:	xvi, 204 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN:	9780990505099 099050509X
Schlagworte:	Magic > Italy, Southern. Folklore > Italy, Southern. Magic > history Folklore > history Basilicata (Italy) > Social life and customs. Italy > ethnology

Inhaltsangabe:

Part One: Lucanian Magic
Chapter 1: Binding
Chapter 2: Binding and eros
Chapter 3: The magical representation of illness
Chapter 4: Childhood and binding
Chapter 5: Binding and mother's milk
Chapter 6: Storms
Chapter 7: Magical life in Albano
Part Two: Magic, Catholicism, and High Culture
Chapter 8: The crisis of presence and magical protection
Chapter 9: The horizon of the crisis
Chapter 10: De-historifying the negative
Chapter 11: Lucanian magic and magic in general
Chapter 12: Lucanian magic and Southern Italian Catholicism
Chapter 13: Magic and the Neapolitan Enlightenment: The phenomenon of jettatura
Chapter 14: Romantic sensibility, Protestant polemic, and jettatura
Chapter 15: The Kingdom of Naples and jettatura.