Kapferer wonderfully captures for us the mood, the life, smack and colour of exorcist rituals. - Victor Turner

The Sinhalese exorcism rituals are perhaps the most complex and the most magnificent in performance still extant. For this second edition, the author has written a new preface and introduction in which he argues that the techniques of healing in Sri Lanka and the aesthetics of this healing cannot be reduced to Western psychoanalytic or psychotherapeutic terms, and develops new and original approaches to ritual and the aesthetic in general.
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The Sinhalese exorcism rituals are perhaps the most complex and the most magnificent in performance still extant. For this second edition, the author has written a new preface and introduction in which he argues that the techniques of healing in Sri Lanka cannot be reduced to Western psychoanalytic or psychotherapeutic terms.
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List of Figures, Tables and Illustrations, Preface to Second Edition, Foreword, Preface, 1. Introduction, 2. Exorcism, Class and Change in Urban Sri Lanka, 3. Exorcists, 4. Demonic Illness: Diagnosis and Social Context, 5. Exorcisms and the Symbolic Identity of Women, 6. The Demonic Illusion: Demons and the Cosmic Hierarchy, 7. The Exorcism of the Great Cemetery Demon: Event and Structure in Major Exorcisms, 8. Music, Dance and Trance, 9. The Comedy of Gods and Demons, 10. Epilogue: A Celebration of Demons, Notes, Bibliography, Glossary, Subject Index, Author Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780367717292
Publisert
2021-03-31
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
585 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
426

Forfatter

Biographical note

Bruce Kapferer, University of Bergen