Health and religious rituals in South Asia : disease, possession, and healing /

Drawing on original fieldwork, this book develops a fresh methodological approach to the study of indigenous understandings of disease as possession, and looks at healing rituals in different South Asian cultural contexts

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ferrari, Fabrizio M
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2010
Series:Routledge South Asian religion series ; 5
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Introduction
  • pt. 2. Possession from the West
  • pt. 3. Possession from the North
  • pt. 4. Possession from the East
  • pt. 5. Possession from the South