Description: A brand new, gift-quality copy. First printing. Stiff binding, clean dust jacket, no signs of wear. Includes numerous maps and tables, an extensive index, and a list of references. The dust jacket is protected in a Brodart cover. A scholarly "Epistemological Study of Anthropomorphic Supernaturalism in Rural Tlaxcala" . From the book jacket: " In the rural areas of south-central Mexico, there are believed to be witches - called tlahuelpuchis - who transform themselves into animals in order to suck the blood from the necks of sleeping infants. Because tlahuelpuchis are inherently evil and indistinguishable from ordinary people, they are more feared than other kinds of supernaturals. This book analyzes the belief in bloodsucking witchcraft held by the great majority of the population of rural Tlaxcala a generation ago and chronicles its drastic transformation since then. Based on information gathered in some fifty communities over more than twenty-five years, it describes all facets of bloodsucking witchcraft and analyzes its social and psychological aspects within the overall system of magic and religious supernaturalism present in Tlaxcala. The book not only presents the story of witchcraft in Tlaxcala, but also offers a history of anthropomorphic supernaturalism in Mesoamerica and a review of previous scholarship on the subject that will be of interest to a wide range of readers in the social and behavioral sciences. "
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Subject Area: Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion, Social Science
Publication Name: Bloodsucking Witchcraft
Item Length: 9 in
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Subject: Witchcraft (See Also Religion / Wicca), Folklore & Mythology, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year: 1993
Type: Textbook
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 1.5 in
Author: John M. Roberts, Hugo G. Nutini
Item Weight: 36.2 Oz
Item Width: 6 in
Number of Pages: 475 Pages
