The Mind Possessed: The Cognition of Spirit Possession in an Afro-Brazilian Religious Tradition

Name: The Mind Possessed: The Cognition of Spirit Possession in an Afro-Brazilian Religious Tradition
Author: Emma Cohen

written by Emma Cohen (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2007, originally published 2007), 256 page(s)

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Field of Interest: Anthropology
Author: Emma Cohen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Content Type: Ethnography
Duration: 0 sec
Anthropologist / Ethnographer: Emma Cohen
Format: Text
Original Publication Date: 2007
Page Count: 256
Publication Year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Place Published / Released: New York, NY
Subject: Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural anthropology, African Brazilian, Sociology, Ethnographic methodology, Guardian spirits, Spiritual possession, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Distribution, Social, Concepts, Observation, Spirits, Explanation, Sociologist, Physiological Psychology, Medical research, Spirit possession, Explaining, Interpretation, Description, Community, Research, Ethnographic, History, Possession, Belém, Pará, Africans, Brazilians
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Distribution, Social, Concepts, Observation, Spirits, Explanation, Sociologist, Physiological Psychology, Medical research, Spirit possession, Explaining, Interpretation, Description, Community, Research, Ethnographic, History, Possession