Fertile disorder : spirit possession and its provocation of the modern /

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In her innovative new book, Kalpana Ram reflects on the way spirit possession unsettles some of the foundational assumptions of modernity. What is a human subject under the varied conditions commonly associated with possession? What kind of subjectivity must already be in place to allow such a trans...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ram, Kalpana
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2013.
Subjects:
Family planning > Government policy > India > Tamil Nadu.
Folk religion > India > Tamil Nadu.
Rural women > Religious life > India > Tamil Nadu > Case studies.
Spirit possession > India > Tamil Nadu > Case studies.
Planification familiale > Politique gouvernementale > Inde > Tamil Nadu.
Religion populaire > Inde > Tamil Nadu.
Femmes en milieu rural > Inde > Tamil Nadu > Vie religieuse > Études de cas.
Possession par les esprits > Inde > Tamil Nadu > Études de cas.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Folk religion
Spirit possession
Besessenheit
Volksglaube
Familienplanung
Bezetenheid.
India > Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu (Inde)
Case studies
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