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Possessing spirits and healing selves : embodiment and transformation in an Afro-Brazilian religion
- Title
- Possessing spirits and healing selves : embodiment and transformation in an Afro-Brazilian religion / Rebecca Seligman.
- Author
- Seligman, Rebecca
- Publication
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Supplementary Content
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- Description
- xiv, 209 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "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"--
- Series Statement
- Culture, mind, and society : the book series of the Society for Psychological Anthropology
- Uniform Title
- Culture, mind, and society.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-201) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: Stepping Into "This Supernatural World" of Candomble -- 2. Reflections on the Challenges and Rewards of Integrative Research -- 3. Sometimes Affliction is the Door: Healing and Transformation in Narratives of Mediumship -- 4. Looking inside: Biological Mechanisms and Embodiment in Candomble Trance and Possession -- 5. Healing the Embodied Self in Candomble -- 6. Conclusion: Stepping Back.
- Call Number
- Sc D 15-411
- ISBN
- 9781137409591 (hardcover)
- 1137409592 (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 2014009195
- OCLC
- 881655910
- Author
- Seligman, Rebecca, author.
- Title
- Possessing spirits and healing selves : embodiment and transformation in an Afro-Brazilian religion / Rebecca Seligman.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Culture, mind, and society : the book series of the Society for Psychological AnthropologyCulture, mind, and society.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-201) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 15-411