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This book examines witchcraft in the Bocage, a rural area of western France. The ethnographer delves into what it means to be a witch and to be bewitched, or 'caught' in a series of misfortunes. Only a professional magician, an 'unwitcher', has any chance of breaking the witch's spell and the struggle is eventually fatal.Favret-Saada, Jeanne is the author of 'Deadly Words' with ISBN 9780521297875 and ISBN 0521297877.
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