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Magical misfortune in Locorotondo
Author(s) -
GALT ANTHONY H.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1991.18.4.02a00060
Subject(s) - misfortune , magic (telescope) , sociology , aesthetics , history , literature , philosophy , art , physics , narrative , quantum mechanics
In this article I describe and discuss magical causes of misfortune in the southern Italian town of Locorotondo, interpreting them as one of several possible sets of elaborating symbols that local peasants use to conceptualize and understand misfortune. These causes have various moral implications, and they reflect significant values emerging from local historical experience. [ Italy, magic, misfortune, values, peasants, symbolism ]