Naming the Witch.(Book review)

From: Pacific Affairs | Date: September 22, 2006| Author: Roosa, John | Copyright information

NAMING THE WITCH. By James Siegel. Stanford (California): Stanford University Press. 2006. xiii, 253pp. (B & W photos.) US$21.95, paper. ISBN 0-8047-5195-1

In the eastern-most tip of East Java, a region called Banyuwangi (meaning 'fragrant water'), in late 1998 to early 1999, mobs hunted down individuals suspected of sorcery and then stabbed, hacked and beat them to death. About 120 people were killed in horrifying ways. This wave of violence seemed to emerge out of nowh...

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