Spirits in Culture, History and Mind (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Mageo, Jeannette; Howard, Alan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Spirits in Culture, History and Mind reintegrates spirits into comparative theories of religion, which have tended to focus on institutionalized forms of belief associated with gods. It brings an historical perspective to culturally patterned experiences with spirits, and examines spirits as a locus of tension between traditional and foreign values. Taking as a point of departure shifting local views of self, nine case studies drawn from Pacific societies analyze religious phenomena at the intersection of social, psychological and historical processes. The varied approaches taken in these case studies provide a richness of perspective, with each lens illuminating different aspects of spirit-related experience. All, however, bring a sense of historical process to bear on psychological and symbolic approaches to religion, shedding new light on the ways spirits relate to other cultural phenomena.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136758522
• Artikelnr.: 38270243

Autorenporträt

Jeannette Mageo is Assistant Professor at Washington State University. Alan Howard is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Hawaii.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Alan Howard
Jeannette Marie Mageo; Chapter 1 Gods
5pirits
and History
Robert l. levy; Chapter 2 Continuity and shape shifting
Jeannette Marie Mageo; Chapter 3 They Loved Her Too Much
TamarGordon; Chapter 4 Heteroglossic Discourses on Nukulaelae Spirits
NikoBesnier; Chapter 5 pirit Encounters on a Polynesian Outlier
RichardFeinberg; Chapter 6 Speak of the Devils
AlanHoward; Chapter 7 Local and Foreign 5pirits in Kwaio
5olomon Islands; Chapter 8 Apparitions
Orations
and Rings
HarveyWhitehouse; Chapter 9 Spirit Possession in Chuuk
Francis X. Hezel
Jay D. Dobbin; Chapter 10 Cultural and Experiential Aspects of 5pirit Beliefs Among the Toraja
Douglas Hollan; Chapter 11 Afterword
Lambek Michael;