Witches, tea plantations, and lives of migrant laborers in India : tempest in a teapot / Soma Chaudhuri.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chaudhuri, Soma, 1977-
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2013]
Subjects:
Witch hunting > India > Jalpaiguri (District)
Witch hunting > Social aspects > India > Jalpaiguri (District)
Witches > India > Jalpaiguri (District)
Tea plantation workers > India > Jalpaiguri (District)
Women tea plantation workers > India > Jalpaiguri (District)
Migrant agricultural laborers > India > Jalpaiguri (District)
Indigenous peoples > India > Jalpaiguri (District)
Jalpaiguri (India : District) > Social conditions.
Local Note:
MSU Stanley C. and Selma D. Hollander Faculty Book Collection.
Physical Description:xv, 193 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The politics of witchcraft accusations and witch hunts
  • Theory and literature on witchcraft accusations and witch hunts
  • Two leaves and a bud
  • Categorization of witch hunts
  • Women, moral boundaries, and gossip in the plantation
  • Tea plantation politics, oppression, and protest
  • Towards a new direction.