Possessed: women, witches, and demons in imperial russia
Auteur :
Worobec, Christine D.
Éditeur :
Cornell University Press
ISBN :
9780875802732
Date de publication :
1 févr. 2001
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,7 cm
Poids :
907 g
Format :
Paper over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This work examines the phenomenon of demon possession in rural Russia. Drawing from a range of sources - religious, psychiatric, ethnographic and literary - Worobec looks at "klikushestuo" over a broad span of time but focuses mainly on the 19th and early-20th centuries.