Black Magic and Bogeymen: Fear, Rumour and Popular Belief in the North of Ireland 1972-74

By Richard Jenkins

This book gives insight into a particularly grim period during the early 1970s in Northern Ireland using an extremely unusual episode--the black magic rumors--as a privileged window onto a world that may now be behind us, but which continues to fascinate many readers. Providing a fascinating insight into some of the problems and procedures of social history, the author also demonstrates that phenomena like the black magic rumors cannot be understood without taking a multidisciplinary approach, taking in perspectives and comparative evidence from anthropology, sociology, folklore and media studies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782050965
• ISBN13: 9781782050964
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Cork University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"