Navaho Witchcraft

by Clyde Kluckhohn

Paperback, 1967

Status

Available

Call number

070.50924

Tags

North America, Indigenous Peoples, Witchcraft, Native American, Navajo, Navaho, Dine

Genres

Collection

Anna

Publication

Beacon Press (1967), Edition: First Paperback Edition, Paperback, 254 pages

Description

Witchcraft is defined by Clyde Kluckhohn (1905-60) as "the influencing of events by super-natural techniques that are socially disapproved," and his description and analysis of Navaho ideas and actions related to witchcraft illuminate the ways in which society deals with the ambition for power, the aggressiveness, and the anxiety of its members.

Subjects

Language

English

Physical description

254 p.; 8.43 inches

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