The law of possession : ritual, healing, and the secular state / edited by William S. Sax, Helene Basu
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TextPublication details: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015Description: ix, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780190275747
- GN 492.3 L38 2015
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SPU Library, Bangkok (Main Campus) | General Books (ENGLISH) | Floor 7: General Shelves (ENGLISH): A-G/K-Z | GN 492.3 L38 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | F067761 |
Includes bibliographical references and index
1.Introduction /|rWilliam 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 southeastern Africa /|rArne 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 antisuperstition law in Maharashtra: an actors'
perspective on modernization and disenchantment /
|rJohannes 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.
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