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peripheral possession: a standalone construct

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Anthropology of religion

Lewis's term for spirit possession among socially marginal people, often women, which he read as an oblique way of pressing claims on those in power.

In anthropology of religion, peripheral possession refers to Lewis's term for spirit possession among socially marginal people, often women, which he read as an oblique way of pressing claims on those in power. This meaning comes from Lewis (1971) in Ecstatic religion.[1]

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marginal3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructspossession2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two carrierspower6 fields · 13 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

  1. Lewis, I. M. (1971). Ecstatic religion. Penguin Books. Open Library record

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