R. Seligman

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Possessing Spirits and Healing Selves (eBook, PDF)

Embodiment and Transformation in an Afro-Brazilian Religion

Beschreibung

Spirit possession involves the displacement of a human's conscious self by a powerful other who temporarily occupies the human's body. Here, Seligman shows that spirit possession represents a site for understanding fundamental aspects of human experience, especially those involved with interactions among meaning, embodiment, and subjectivity.

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Autor

Rebecca Seligman is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University, USA.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Seitenzahl: 209
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137409607
• Artikelnr.: 41836186

Rezensionen

"This book offers a way to address some of the unique questions about spirit possession trance religions. Seligman offers a clear and detailed description of her innovative methodology in a special appendix which should be of interest to ethnographers in a variety of fields. I highly recommend this book to anthropologists and social scientists generally." (Patricia Barker Lerch, Nova Religion, Vol. 20 (2), 2016)