Kristin C Bloomer

Possessed by the Virgin

Hinduism, Roman Catholicism, and Marian Possession in South India

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9780190615093
• ISBN-10: 0190615095
• Artikelnr.: 48856955

Autorenporträt

Kristin C. Bloomer is Associate Professor of Religion at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Dramatis Personae
Note on Transliteration
Regional Map of South India
Introduction
1. Rosalind
2. The Place, the People, the Practices:
Our Lady Jecintho and the Quest for
Embodied Wholeness
3. Authenticity and Double Trouble:
The Case of Nancy-as-Jecintho
4. Possession, Processions, and Authority
Interlude
5. Return to Maataapuram
6. Women's Work, Gendered Space,
And the Dangerous Labor of (Virgin) Birth
7. Memory, Mimesis, and Healing
8. Conclusion: Departures and Homecomings
Bibliography