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Black Magic and Bogeymen: Fear, Rumour and Popular Belief in the North of Ireland 1972-74
Black Magic and Bogeymen Fear Rumour and Popular Belief in the North of Ireland 197274 Author:Richard Jenkins 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 soci... more »al 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.« less