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Black Magic and Bogeymen: Fear, Rumour and Popular Belief in the North of Ireland 1972-74

Richard Jenkins

3.5/5 ( ratings)

This book gives insight into a particularly grim period during the early 1970s in Northern Ireland using an extremely unusual episode the black magic rumors as a privileged window onto a world that may now be behind us, but which continues to fascinate many readers. Providing a fascinating insight into some of the problems and procedures of social history, the author also demonstrates that phenomena like the black magic rumors cannot be understood without taking a multidisciplinary approach, taking in perspectives and comparative evidence from anthropology, sociology, folklore and media studies."

Language: English

Pages: 290

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Cork University Press

Release: September 15, 2014

ISBN: 1782050965

ISBN 13: 9781782050964

Black Magic and Bogeymen: Fear, Rumour and Popular Belief in the North of Ireland 1972-74

Richard Jenkins

3.5/5 ( ratings)

This book gives insight into a particularly grim period during the early 1970s in Northern Ireland using an extremely unusual episode the black magic rumors as a privileged window onto a world that may now be behind us, but which continues to fascinate many readers. Providing a fascinating insight into some of the problems and procedures of social history, the author also demonstrates that phenomena like the black magic rumors cannot be understood without taking a multidisciplinary approach, taking in perspectives and comparative evidence from anthropology, sociology, folklore and media studies."

Language: English

Pages: 290

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Cork University Press

Release: September 15, 2014

ISBN: 1782050965

ISBN 13: 9781782050964

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