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Witches, Wailers, and Welfare: The Religious Economy of Funerary Culture and Witchcraft in Latin America

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2022

R. Andrew Chesnut
R. Andrew Chesnut*
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University of Houston
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Latin American Research Review , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , 2005 , pp. 266 - 272
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