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Healing and spirit ...
Healing and spirit possession in the Caribbean
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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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(creator_code:org_t)
- 2009
- 2009
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Stockholm Review of Latin American Studies. - 1654-0204. ; :4, s. 49-60
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Abstract
Ämnesord
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- This article takes a comparative look at spiritual healing and its implications among followers of Afro-Cuban Santería and among the Miskitu people of Nicaragua. It shows how illness and suffering is located in a sacred domain allowing transformations on social, psychological, and physiological levels. Healing is achieved by creating a sacred reality by means of powerful symbols and spirit possession. In this process, spiritual beings are representations of people’s conditions. At the same time, spirits also represent a model for healing.
Ämnesord
- HUMANIORA -- Annan humaniora -- Kulturstudier (hsv//swe)
- HUMANITIES -- Other Humanities -- Cultural Studies (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Internationell migration och etniska relationer (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences -- International Migration and Ethnic Relations (hsv//eng)
- HUMANIORA -- Filosofi, etik och religion -- Religionsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- HUMANITIES -- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion -- Religious Studies (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Sociologi -- Socialantropologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Sociology -- Social Anthropology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Afro-Caribbean
- Santería
- Cuba
- Nicaragua
- Miskitu
- religious healing
- spirit possession
Publikations- och innehållstyp
- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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