Evil Eye in Christian Orthodox Society : : A Journey from Envy to Personhood / / Nikolaos Souvlakis.
Evil eye is a phenomenon observed globally and has to do with the misfortune and calamities that we can cause to someone else out of jealousy of their possessions. The book engages with evil eye beliefs in Corfu and investigates the Christian Orthodox influences on the phenomenon and how it affects...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Selected Region, Informants’ Demographics and Methodology
- Chapter 2 Informants’ Different Attitudes and Understandings Regarding the Evil Eye
- Chapter 3 Fieldwork Observations: Symptomatology of the Evil Eye and Sociocultural Views
- Chapter 4 Personhood and the Evil Eye
- Conclusion
- References
- Index