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Univ of Arizona Press, Date: 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Light creasing of dust jacket edges, can still pass for new. ISBN 0816511977. 476 pages 1993. Univ of Arizona Press ISBN 0816511977 9780816511976 [FR]

Tucson And London: University of Arizona Press, Date: 1993. First Edition . Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/2" X 9 1/2. 476 Pages Indexed. Black boards with red lettering to spine. Front board has bumped corners and scuff marks on front endpapers. In the rural areas of south-central Mexico, there are believed to be witches-called tlahuelpuchis- who transform themselves into animals in order to suck the blood from the necks of sleeping infants. Because tlahuelpuchis are inherently evil and indistinguishable from ordinary people, they are more feared than other kinds of supernaturals. This book analyzes the belief in bloodsucking witchcraft held by the great majority of the population of rural Tlaxcala a generation ago and chronicles its drastic transformation since then. Based on information gathered in some fifty communities over more than twenty-five years, it describes all facets of bloodsucking witchcraft and analyzes its social and psychological aspects within the overall system of magic and religious supernaturalism prevalent in Tlaxcala. Of particular interest is a detailed description of an "epidemic" of bloodsucking witchcraft in which seven infants of different households were found dead in a single morning. This afforded one of the authors an extraordinary opportunity to study events surrounding such incidents. His full account of 47 incidents over six years permits a thorough analysis of the factors involved in each death. As the people of ...

ISBN10: 0816511977, ISBN13: 9780816511976, [publisher: University of Arizona Press, Tucson And London] Hardcover First Edition 476 Pages Indexed. Black boards with red lettering to spine. Front board has bumped corners and scuff marks on front endpapers. In the rural areas of south-central Mexico, there are believed to be witches-called tlahuelpuchis- who transform themselves into animals in order to suck the blood from the necks of sleeping infants. Because tlahuelpuchis are inherently evil and indistinguishable from ordinary people, they are more feared than other kinds of supernaturals. This book analyzes the belief in bloodsucking witchcraft held by the great majority of the population of rural Tlaxcala a generation ago and chronicles its drastic transformation since then. Based on information gathered in some fifty communities over more than twenty-five years, it describes all facets of bloodsucking witchcraft and analyzes its social and psychological aspects within the overall system of magic and religious supernaturalism prevalent in Tlaxcala. Of particular interest is a detailed description of an "epidemic" of bloodsucking witchcraft in which seven infants of different households were found dead in a single morning. This afforded one of the authors an extraordinary opportunity to study events surrounding such incidents. His full account of 47 incidents over six years permits a thorough analysis of the factors involved in each death. As the people ...
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ISBN10: 0816511977, ISBN13: 9780816511976, [publisher: University of Arizona Press, Tucson] Hardcover First Edition 476 pages, references, index. Light soiling on the edges, mild edge wear to the jacket. Binding strong, text clean.
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