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- catalog abstract ""The possession of the body - particularly the body of a woman - by spirits, deities, and ancestors is a phenomenon common to a number of religions. Ethnographers have often studied cases of spirit possession to decode a society's cultural values and belief systems. In The Hammer and the Flute: Women, Power, and Spirit Possession, however, Mary Keller approaches the spirit possession of women as a historian of religion informed by postcolonial theory and feminist philosophy, challenging the prevalent interpretation that possessed women are victims of psychological disturbance or are actively manipulating their audiences. Proposing a new theoretical framework, "instrumental agency," Keller offers a far more nuanced portrait of spirit possession as a negotiation with multiple kinds of power which requires a radical receptivity on the part of the possessed persons and as a reorientation of scholarship."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12220706.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""The possession of the body - particularly the body of a woman - by spirits, deities, and ancestors is a phenomenon common to a number of religions. Ethnographers have often studied cases of spirit possession to decode a society's cultural values and belief systems. In The Hammer and the Flute: Women, Power, and Spirit Possession, however, Mary Keller approaches the spirit possession of women as a historian of religion informed by postcolonial theory and feminist philosophy, challenging the prevalent interpretation that possessed women are victims of psychological disturbance or are actively manipulating their audiences. Proposing a new theoretical framework, "instrumental agency," Keller offers a far more nuanced portrait of spirit possession as a negotiation with multiple kinds of power which requires a radical receptivity on the part of the possessed persons and as a reorientation of scholarship."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-280) and index.".
- catalog description "Signifying possession -- Reorienting possession -- Flutes, hammers, and mounted women -- Work -- War -- Play(s).".
- catalog extent "x, 289 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0801867878 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog subject "291.4/2 21".
- catalog subject "BL482 .K45 2002".
- catalog subject "Spirit possession.".
- catalog subject "Women Religious life.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Signifying possession -- Reorienting possession -- Flutes, hammers, and mounted women -- Work -- War -- Play(s).".
- catalog title "The hammer and the flute : women, power, and spirit possession / Mary Keller.".
- catalog type "text".