Possessing spirits and healing selves Embodiment and transformation in an Afro-Brazilian religion
Spirit possession involves the displacement of a human's conscious self by that of a powerful other - a spirit, god, or demon - who temporarily occupies the human's body. To many, spirit possession is quintessentially exotic, a novelty, an example of the ways in which "others" ar...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, NY
Palgrave Macmillan
2014
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| Ausgabe: | First edition: September 2014 |
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Brazil / Religious life and customs
> Candomblé (Religion) / Brazil
> Blacks / Religion / Brazil
> Spirit possession / Brazil
> Spiritual healing / Brazil
> Healing / Brazil
> Ethnology / Brazil
> Ethnobiology / Brazil
> RELIGION / Spirituality
> SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
> SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Spirit possession involves the displacement of a human's conscious self by that of a powerful other - a spirit, god, or demon - who temporarily occupies the human's body. To many, spirit possession is quintessentially exotic, a novelty, an example of the ways in which "others" are fundamentally different. In this book, Seligman shows that, far from being exotic and "other," spirit possession mediumship represents a privileged site for understanding a number of fundamental aspects of human experience - especially those involved with interactions among meaning, embodiment, and subjectivity. Using a diverse set of ethnographic, psychological, and biological data gathered during fieldwork among spirit possession mediums of the Candomble; religion in Northeastern Brazil, she explores how everyday and religious practices and meanings shape and interact with the bodily experiences and psychophysiological states of Candomble; mediums, both before and after their initiations, and how such interactions shape their experiences of selfhood" |
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| Beschreibung: | xiv, 209 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9781349488759 1349488755 |