standards of the series. Magic, Body and Social Order is written by Laura Stark-Arola, an
American now living in Finland, who, as befits her self-description as" a non-European with
Anglo-American perspectives on culture, folklore and gender," brings a fresh pair of eyes to
see the Finnish material. In this case, the material consists of the" large numbers of women's
magical ritual texts" recorded between 1816 and 1966, mainly in Karelia and Eastern …