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Author:
Cohen, Emma, 1979-
Title:
The mind possessed : the cognition of spirit possession in an Afro-Brazilian religious tradition / Emma Cohen.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
ix, 241 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Psychology, Religious.
Spirit possession--Brazil.
Afro-Brazilian cults.
Bezetenheid.
Geesten.
Belém (Brazilië)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-236) and index.
Contents:
Introducing possession -- Historical and ethnographic setting -- The research community -- Describing, interpreting, and explaining spirit possession -- Medicalist, physiological, and sociological explanations -- Spirits as concepts -- Observing possession -- The social relevance of spirits -- Explaining distributions of spirit concepts and spirit possession.
ISBN:
0195323351 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780195323351 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2006032578
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

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