| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
| Contents |
Rosalind -- The place, the people, the practices: Our Lady Jecintho and the quest for embodied wholeness -- Authenticity and double trouble: the case of Nancy-as-Jecintho -- Possession, processions, and authority interlude -- Return to Maataapuram -- Women's work, gendered space, and the dangerous labor of (virgin) birth -- Memory, mimesis, and healing -- Departures and homecomings |
| Summary |
'Possessed By The Virgin' is an ethnographic account of three Roman Catholic women in Tamil Nadu, South India who claim to be possessed by Mary, the mother of Jesus. The author follows the lives of these women over many years, investigating questions about gender, social power, agency, and authenticity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 14, 2017) |
| Subject |
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Devotion to -- India -- Tamil Nadu
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| SUBJECT |
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint fast |
| Subject |
Māriyammaṉ (Hindu deity) -- Cult -- India -- Tamil Nadu
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Christianity -- India -- Tamil Nadu
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Christianity
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Cults
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Devotion
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| SUBJECT |
Tamil Nadu (India) -- Religious life and customs
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| Subject |
India -- Tamil Nadu
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190615123 |
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0190615125 |
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9780190615093 |
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0190615095 |
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