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Conjuring hope : magic and healing in contemporary Russia /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lindquist, Galina
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2006.
Series:Epistemologies of healing ; v. 1
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Marketing magic
  • Magic as semiotic changes: ontologies, rituals, and terms of affliction
  • Magic as management of emotions
  • The icons of power: constructing charisma from the means at hand
  • Charisma of the office: healing power and biomedical legitimacy
  • The unspeakable emotions: spells and their use in working life
  • The magic of business and the fostering of hope.