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We often invoke the “magic” of mass media to describe seductive advertising or charismatic
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Two years ago I was appointed to the chair of Cultural Anthropology, with special emphasis
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Magic has been an important term in Western history and continues to be an essential topic
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A witch's curse, an imperialist conspiracy, a racist plot—HIV/AIDS is a catastrophic health
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