The hammer and the flute : women, power and spirit possession

By:

Keller, Mary

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2002Description: x, 289pISBN:

9780801881886 (pbk)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

204.2 KEL

Summary: Feminist theory and postcolonial theory share an interest in developing theoretical frameworks for describing and evaluating subjectivity comparatively, especially with regard to non-autonomous models of agency. As a historian of religions, Mary Keller uses the figure of the "possessed woman" to analyze a subject that is spoken-through rather than speaking and whose will is the will of the ancestor, deity or spirit that wields her to engage the question of agency in a culturally and historically comparative study that recognizes the prominent role possessed women play in their respective traditions.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Plaksha University Library	Religion	204.2 KEL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		003723

Browsing Plaksha University Library shelves, Collection: Religion Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous								Next
Previous	203.8 BRO Ritual matters : dynamic dimensions in practice	203.8 BRO Ritual matters : dynamic dimensions in practice	204.2 BUL Dreaming in the world's religions: a comparative history	204.2 KEL The hammer and the flute : women, power and spirit possession	204.2 SAX The law of possession : ritual healing and the secular state	204.22 SEL Mystical languages of unsaying	204.4 CHO Metahuman : unleashing your infinite potential	Next

https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/2648/hammer-and-flute

Feminist theory and postcolonial theory share an interest in developing theoretical frameworks for describing and evaluating subjectivity comparatively, especially with regard to non-autonomous models of agency. As a historian of religions, Mary Keller uses the figure of the "possessed woman" to analyze a subject that is spoken-through rather than speaking and whose will is the will of the ancestor, deity or spirit that wields her to engage the question of agency in a culturally and historically comparative study that recognizes the prominent role possessed women play in their respective traditions.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.