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Witchery as Tribal Primary Ethos: Negotiations and Resistance in Select Literary Representations

IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities
The belief in the existence of both benevolent and malevolent spirits among tribal communities in India has led to the emergence of numerous narratives surrounding witchcraft.
Saru Sachdeva, Rekha Rani
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Witchcraft in Ga-Rankuwa Township: An African Perspective [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
This study explored the cultural and social significance of witchcraft beliefs and practices in Ga-Rankuwa Township, South Africa, through an African perspective. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the research combined academic literature, ethnographic
Mwansa Claude Kimpinde
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One‐Sidedness and the Inferior Function in Coriolanus and Timon of Athens

Journal of Analytical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract For both Jung and Shakespeare, one‐sidedness is the fundamental tragic trait. Jung proposed that as an individual develops, they inevitably associate their identity with certain modes of perception and interaction, and that this leads to psychological polarization.
Sofie Qwarnström
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WITCHCRAFT IN COURTROOMS. SOME REFLECTION ON POST-COLONIAL AFRICA

Гуманитарные и юридические исследования, 2021
Today witchcraft and occult practices are significant part of social interactions, economic and political processes in Africa. The theoretical basis of the given article are the ideas of modern ethnologists and anthropologists, which consider magic and ...
P. . Schirripa
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De Stupro: First Insights on Rape and Its Prosecution in Maltese Courts (1701–10)

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article constitutes a first in‐depth investigation of rape and the prosecution of this crime in early eighteenth‐century Malta. The research, which is based on sixteen rape accusations claimed at the secular courts in Malta between 1701 and 1710, has analysed cases categorized as ‘simple rape’, ‘violent rape’ and rape committed under the ...
Vanessa Buhagiar
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‘I, Me, Myself’: Selfhood and Melancholy in the Journals of Gertrude Savile (1697–1758)

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the journals of Gertrude Savile from 1727 in light of recent scholarship on early modern and eighteenth‐century melancholy. The concept had myriad associations with medicine, physiology, the imagination, and feeling, but questions remain about how melancholy during this period was considered by those outside the narrow ...
Daniel Beaumont
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Elucidating R‐gene‐mediated resistance to wheat dwarf virus in Triticum aestivum genotypes

Annals of Applied Biology, EarlyView.
This study investigates R‐gene‐mediated resistance to wheat dwarf virus (WDV) among different wheat genotypes. Following inoculation with Psammotettix alienus (leafhoppers) and the subsequent appearance of characteristic symptoms such as yellowing and dwarfing, phenotypic responses were evaluated alongside molecular analyses, including quantification ...
Priyanka Krishnamurthy, Emad Ibrahim, Jan Ripl, Jiban K. Kundu   +3 more
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Čarovništvo – diskurz ali praksa?

Studia Mythologica Slavica, 2020
This paper challenges a generally accepted view that witchcraft is always a matter of discourse, and the witch a fictitious person who is ascribed bewitchment but, in fact, performed none. It discusses the hints that point to bewitchments being, at least
Mirjam Mencej
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The Unbecoming Ghost: Spectropolitics in the Making and Unmaking of BHU's Bhoot Vidya Ayurveda Certificate Program

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
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The Co‐Optation of Gender Equity Issues in Empirical Business Research: A Systematic Literature Review

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to develop a conceptual framework for examining how gender equity issues are co‐opted within CSR activities, focusing on empirical, business‐related studies. The authors investigate how companies navigate the co‐optation of gender equity, its subphenomena, underlying conditions, and employed strategies.
Larthia Gaspari, Marco Giuliani
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