Suffering and Healing, Subordination and Power: Women and Possession Trance
This article is an argument that for women, possession trance constitutes a psychodynamic response to powerlessness by providing them a means for the gratification of wishes ordinarily denied to them. Powerful alters enable them to act out wishes they cannot express directly. Possession serves both...
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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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2004
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| In: |
Ethos
Year: 2004, Volume: 32, Issue: 4, Pages: 557-574 |
| Further subjects: | B
Women
B Religion Motif B Possession B Trance B Healing |
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