Spirited things the work of "possession" in Afro-Atlantic religions / edited by Paul Christopher Johnson.
| Other author | Johnson, Paul C. (Paul Christopher), 1964- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2014] |
| Description | 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: spirits and things in the making of the Afro-Atlantic world / Paul Christopher Johnson -- Toward an Atlantic genealogy of "spirit possession" / Stephan Palmié -- The Ejamba of North Fairmount Avenue, the wizard of Menlo Park, and the dialectics of ensoniment: an episode in the history of an acoustic mask / Patrick A. Polk -- "Who's dat knocking at the door?" : a tragicomic Ethiopian spirit delineation in parts / Kristina Wirtz-- Spiritual agency, materiality, and knowledge in Cuba / Brian Brazeal -- The fetish and the stone: a moral economy of charlatans and thieves / Stephen Selka -- Demons and money: possessions in Brazilian pentecostalism / Elizabeth McAlister -- Possessing the land for Jesus / Karen Richman -- Possession and attachment: notes on moral ritual communication among Haitian descent groups / Raquel Romberg -- Mimetic corporeality, discourse, and indeterminacy in spirit possession / Michael Lambek -- Afterword: recognizing and misrecognizing spirit possession. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-329) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013031084 |
| ISBN | 9780226122625 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780226122762 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |