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.
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.
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
* 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
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