The mind possessed : the cognition of spirit possession in an Afro-Brazilian religious tradition / Emma Cohen.

Author/creator Cohen, Emma, 1979-
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Descriptionix, 241 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-236) and index.
LCCN 2006032578
ISBN9780195323351 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0195323351 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BL53 .C643 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold