This book combines two classic topics in social anthropology in a new synthesis: the study of witchcraft and sorcery and the study of rumors and gossip. First,

First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

With a sharp eye for detail, Raisa Maria Toivo explores the gender implications of the complex system of household management and public representation in which

Using the example of Eichstatt, this book challenges current witchcraft historiography by arguing that the gender of the witch-suspect was a product of the inte