An Interview with a Goddess: Possession Rites as Regulators of Justice Among the Pnar of Northeastern India
This article is based on primary fieldwork carried out between 2012 and 2017 in Chyrmang, Jaintia Hills. Among the Pnar of Jaintia Hills, Northeastern India, the practice of hiar blai or divine possession is significantly embedded in the everyday lives of the community members. I argue that possessi...
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2017
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Religious studies and theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-78 |
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Justice
B Fear B Reflexivity B Possession B India |
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