Circling around the Really Real: Spirit Possession Ceremonies and the Search for Authenticity in Bahian Candomblé
Many anthropologists studying spirit possession cults have commented that the most immediate experience of possession escapes our understanding. In Bahian candomblé, cultists have reached similar conclusions: while their religious discourse explains why possession happens, the phenomenon itself is c...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2005
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Ethos
Year: 2005, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 149-179 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Authenticity B Candomblé B Spirit Possession B Lacanian theory B religious authority |
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