The hammer and the flute : women, power, and spirit possession /

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"The possession of the body - particularly the body of a woman - by spirits, deities, and ancestors is a phenomenon common to a number of religions. Ethnographers have often studied cases of spirit possession to decode a society's cultural values and belief systems. In The Hammer and the F...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Keller, Mary, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Spirit possession.
Women > Religious life.
Possession par les esprits.
Femmes > Vie religieuse.
RELIGION > Spirituality.
Besessenheit
Frau
Bezetenheid.
Vrouwen.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Signifying possession
  • Re-orienting possession
  • Flutes, hammers, and mounted women
  • Work
  • War
  • Play(s).

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