Samba in the night : spiritism in Brazil

著者

• Hess, David J.

書誌事項

Samba in the night : spiritism in Brazil

David J. Hess

Columbia University Press, c1994

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

An absorbing account of an anthropologist's fieldwork and explorations into alternative religions in Brazil, "Samba in the Night" invites the reader into the mysterious world of spirit mediums, poltergeists, psychic surgery, exorcism and spiritual healing. The author focuses on spiritism, a vital religious movement with millions of followers. He provides descriptions of rituals and at the same time weaves in a detective story about the complex relations between Spiritist rituals and the rest of their world. Through a patchwork of anecdotes about spirit mediums, doctors, engineers, lawmakers, Jesuits, and past-life therapists, the book offers an introduction to Brazilian religion and society as well as to the art of anthropological fieldwork.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA23121074
• ISBN:
  • 0231084323
• LCCN: 93030887
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York
• ページ数/冊数: xv, 214 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : BF1242.B6
  • DC20 : 133.9/0981
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Spiritualism -- Brazil
  • LCSH : Brazil -- Religion
  • LCSH : Spiritualism -- Brazil -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Brazil -- Religion -- Case studies