Hanging without a rope: narrative experience in colonial and postcolonial karoland
Auteur :
Steedly, Mary Margaret
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691656748
Date de publication :
15 janv. 2019
Dimensions :
25,4 x 20,3 cm
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
When Mary Steedly went to North Sumatra, Indonesia, she intended to study the curing practices of Karo Batak spirit mediums, the gurus who keep a community in touch with its ancestors. She became fascinated by the stories these women and men told of their encounters with spirits in the ritual arena and on the borders of the everyday social world. I