| Description |
xxvii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
EASA series ; 16 |
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EASA series ; v. 16
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| Contents |
Contents note continued: ch. 7 When Soma Encounters the Spiritual. Bodily Praxes of Performed Religiosity in Contemporary Greece / Eugenia Roussou -- ch. 8 Reenchanted Bodies. The Significance of the Spiritual Dimension in Danish Healing Rituals / Ann Ostenfeld-Rosentbal -- ch. 9 The Struggle for Sovereignty. The Interpretation of Bodily Experiences in Anthropology and among Mediumistic Healers in Germany / Ehler Voss -- ch. 10 Transforming Musical Soul into Bodily Practice. Tone Eurythmy, Anthroposophy and Underlying Structures / Silke Sponheuer |
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Machine generated contents note: pt. I Bodies and Souls in Catholic Settings -- ch. 1 ̀I want to feel the Camino in my legs'. Trajectories of Walking on the Camino de Santiago / Keith Egan -- ch. 2 Holding the Saint in One's Arms. Miracles and Exchange in Apiao, Southern Chile / Giovanna Bacchiddu -- ch. 3 Embodying Devotion, Embodying Passion. The Italian Tradition of The Festa dei Gigli in Nola / Katia Ballacchino -- pt. II Corporeality, Belief and Human Mobility -- ch. 4 The Body and the World. Missionary Performances and the Experience of the World in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands / Joao Rickli -- ch. 5 ̀How To Deal with the Dutch'. The Local and the Global in the Habitus of the Saved Soul / Kim Knibbe -- ch. 6 Is Witchcraft Embodied? Representations of the Body in Talimbi Witchcraft / Aleksandra Cimpric -- pt. III New Spiritualities Challenging the Body/Soul Divide -- |
| Summary |
There is a welcome international feel about the venture - indeed the contributorscould hardly represent a broader range of European nationalities. Furthermore, I amimpressed with both the relevance and diversity of the chapters. Peter Collins, Durham University. This is an interesting and timely volume, addressing an important contemporarychallenge for the anthropology of religion ... The chapters ... are ethnographicallysolid, and are tied nicely into the overall critique of the separation of body and soul. Jon Mitchell, University of Sussex. Social scientists and philosophers confronted wi |
| Analysis |
Contemporary religiosity |
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Corporeality |
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EASA |
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Religiosity |
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Social anthropologists |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Ethnology.
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Human body -- Religious aspects.
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| Author |
Blanes, Ruy Llera, 1976-
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Fedele, Anna.
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European Association of Social Anthropologists.
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| LC no. |
2011000408 |
| ISBN |
085745207X (hardback : alk. paper) |
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0857452088 (ebook) |
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9780857452078 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9780857452085 (ebook) |
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