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Fertile disorder spirit possession and its provocation of the modern

Title: Fertile disorder [electronic resource] : spirit possession and its provocation of the modern / Kalpana Ram.
Author: Ram, Kalpana.
Publication: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2013.

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Description

1 online resource (xiii, 317 p.)

Uniform Title

Fertile disorder (Online)

Alternative Title

Fertile disorder (Online)

Subject

Spirit possession > India > Tamil Nadu > Case studies
Rural women > Religious life > India > Tamil Nadu > Case studies
Folk religion > India > Tamil Nadu
Family planning > Government policy > India > Tamil Nadu

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-303) and index.

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Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Visible and invisible bodies : rural women and state intellectuals -- Minor practices -- Possession and the bride : emotions, the elusive phantom of social theory -- The abject body of infertility -- Learning possession, becoming healer -- Performativity in the court of the goddess -- The nature of the complaint -- Possession and social theory -- Possession and emancipatory politics.

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