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Magic's Translations Lu Lu Leathley The evil misuse of higher"Do you believe in magic?" This familiar question suggests magic is easily recognized but unreal. In Magic's Translations, Margaret J. Wiener argues that such views are shaped by historical power struggles, especially in Europe's relations with the wider world. Focusing on nineteenth and twentieth century Dutch interactions with Indonesians, Wiener reveals how colonial agents framed unfamiliar practices, practitioners, and objects as "magic,"