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Other worlds, other bodies
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- Book Synopsis
- When approaching the multiplicity of the spiritual experiences of healing, ethnographers are often presented with ideas of the existence of "other" worlds that may intersect with the so-called "material" or "physical" worlds. This book proposes a sensory ethnography of healing with a focus on ethnographic knowing as embedded in an embodied epistemology of healing. Epistemological embodiment signals that personal scholarly experience of the "unknown"-be it in the form of trance, or as the embodiment of an "other"-shapes the concepts of healing, body, trance, self, and matter by which ethnographers craft out analysis.
- About The Author
- Emily Pierini is Assistant Professor in Anthropology and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She is the author of several journal articles and chapters, and the book Jaguars of the Dawn: Spirit Mediumship in the Brazilian Vale do Amanhecer (Berghahn, 2020).
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781800738461
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, (10 February 2023)
- Number of Pages
- 310
- Weight
- 562 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 159 x 152 x 25 mm
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