Sabina Magliocco

I am a professor of Anthropology and Folklore at California State University, Northridge. I grew up in Italy and the United States. My research began in Sardinia, where I studied how globalization affects traditional religious festivals. I went on to study rituals, festivals and cultural politics among contemporary Pagans and Witches in the United States. I've published four books, three in English: 'Witching Culture: Folklore and Neo-Paganism in America' (2004); 'Neo-Pagan Sacred art and Altars: Making Things Whole' (2001); and 'The Two Madonnas: the Politics of Festival in a Sardinian Community' (2nd edition 2005 ). My current research is on traditional healers in Italy; that will, I hope, result in another book, tentatively entitled 'The Enchanted Worldview in Italy.'