The law of possession : ritual, healing, and the secular state /
edited by William S. Sax, Helene Basu.
Bok · Engelsk · 2015
| Omfang | ix, 255 pages : : illustrations ;
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| Opplysninger | Formerly CIP.. - Machine generated contents note: -- 1. The Law of Possession: Ritual, Healing, and the Secular State, William S. Sax and Helene Basu -- 2. In the Courtroom of Jungle Saints: The Poor and Transcendental Justice, Helene Basu -- 3. Between Shrine and Courtroom: Legal Pluralism, Witchcraft, and Spirit Agency in South-Eastern Africa, Arne S. Steinforth -- 4. Delocalizing Illness: Healing and the State in Chinese Medicine, Dominic Steavu -- 5. Justice in Erwadi: A Case Study, Bhargavi Davar -- 6. Possession and the Anti-Superstition Law in Maharashtra: An Actors' Perspective on Modernization and Disenchantment, Johannes Quack -- 7. "If your brother wants to kill you, kill him first": Healing, Law, and Social Justice in an African Healer's Courtroom, Ferdinand Okwaro -- 8. The Darbar of Goludev: Possession, Petitions, and Modernity, Aditya Malik -- 9. Gods of Justice, William S. Sax -- Index.
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| ISBN | 9780190275747 (hbk.) : : £64.00. - 9780190275754 (pbk.) : : £25.99
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