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Spirit possession a...
Spirit possession among the Miskitu of Nicaragua
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- Wedel, Johan, 1962 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för globala studier, socialantropologi,School of Global Studies, Social Anthropology
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- 2008
- 2008
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Paper for the 10th EASA conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, August 26-29, 2008..
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Abstract
Ämnesord
Stäng
- The Miskitu people of Eastern Nicaragua are occasionally troubled by a spectacular illness called grisi siknis or "crazy sickness," said to be caused by spirits. This paper inquires into how Miskitu healers ritually transform the experience of the afflicted through an idiom of the spirit world.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Sociologi -- Socialantropologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Sociology -- Social Anthropology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- social anthropology
- ethnicity
- Miskitu
- Nicaragua
Publikations- och innehållstyp
- vet (ämneskategori)
- kon (ämneskategori)