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Possessing Spirits and Healing Selves: Embodiment and Transformation in an Afro-Brazilian Religion (Culture, Mind and Society)
Rebecca Seligman
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Description for Possessing Spirits and Healing Selves: Embodiment and Transformation in an Afro-Brazilian Religion (Culture, Mind and Society)
Hardcover. 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. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRKT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Culture, Mind and Society
Number of Pages
209
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137409591
SKU
V9781137409591
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99-15
About Rebecca Seligman
Rebecca Seligman is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University, USA.
Reviews for Possessing Spirits and Healing Selves: Embodiment and Transformation in an Afro-Brazilian Religion (Culture, Mind and Society)
“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, ... Read more