Hilde Nielssen

Ritual Imagination

A Study of Tromba Possession Among the Betsimisaraka in Eastern Madagascar

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the rich world of tromba spirit possession in eastern Madagascar, this book offers a fresh perspective on questions of how rituals work and how they affect and constitute human realities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 165mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9789004215245
• ISBN-10: 9004215247
• Artikelnr.: 34144105

Autorenporträt

Hilde Nielssen, Dr.Polit. (1966) in Social Anthropology, University of Bergen, is a researcher at the University of Bergen. Her publications range from spirit possession rituals in Madagascar to museums and colonial culture, and her publications include Unto the Ends of the World. Protestant Missions - Local Encounters in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century, co-edited with Inger Marie Okkenhaug, Karina Hestad Skeie (Brill 2011).