Author: Nutini, Hugo G. & Roberts, John M.
Title: Bloodsucking Witchcraft. An Epistemological Study of Anthropomorphic Supernaturalism in Rural Tlaxcala
Description: Tucson, University of Arizona Press, (1993). orig.cloth. 24x16cm, xxii, 476 pp. Textual map & tables. Minor rubbing, VG, dustwrapper ¶ Contents: An Outline of Weathermaking, Nahualism , and Sorcery in Rural Tlaxcala; The Belief System & Structural Context of Bloodsucking Witchcraft in Rural Tlaxcala; The Syncretic & Historical Development of Anthropmorphic Supernaturalism in Mesoamerica; The Comparative Distribution & Definition of Witchcraft & Sorcery in Mesoamerica; Anatomy of a Bloodsucking Witchcraft Epidemic; The Empirical Evidence of Bloodsucking Witchcraft: Methodology & Systematic Presentation; Natural & Supernatural Explanations: The Logic of Witchcraft & Normative Expectations; The Diagnostic & Etiological Analysis of Bloodsucking Witchcraft; Social & Psychological Manipulations and the Ex Post Facto Rationalization of the Tlahuelpuchi Complex; Aftereffects & the Psychological Context of the Postsucking Period; The Social & Psychological Functions of Bloodsucking Witchcraft; An Epistemological Approach to the Study of Magic & Religious Supernaturalism.

Keywords: Cultural anthropology, Mexico, Tlaxcala, Ethnography, Witchcraft, Folk catholicism, Nahuas, Vampires, Mesoamerica