Witchcraft, intimacy, and trust : Africa in comparison / Peter Geschiere.

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2013]

xxviii, 293 pages ; 24 cm

The dangers of home: ethnographical and conceptual explorations -- Witchcraft, intimacy, and changing perceptions of distance: African examples -- To trust a witch -- Comparative perspectives I: witches, neighbors, and the closure of "the House" in Europe -- Comparative perspectives II: Candomblé de Bahia: between witchcraft and religion -- Further comparisons: Melanesia and Java: ontological differences or aphasia before "the uncanny" -- Back to trust: new distances, new challenges.

Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 267-285).