{"product_id":"possessed-9780875802732","title":"Possessed","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Exceptionally well-researched and exhaustive.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Association for Women in Slavic Studies\u003cbr\u003e \"Worobec is at her best as a storyteller.... Her scholarship is marked by a meticulous reading of sources and a sensitivity to and respect for the people she studies.\"—Russian Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Confronting Klikushestvo: An Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 1. State and Church Perceptions \u003cbr\u003e The Legal Case \u003cbr\u003e Orthodoxy's Triumph over the Devil \u003cbr\u003e Scientific Rationalism and the Miraculous \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion \u003cbr\u003e 2. Peasant Views \u003cbr\u003e Popular Orthodoxy \u003cbr\u003e Witchcraft \u003cbr\u003e 3. Literary and Ethnographic Portrayals \u003cbr\u003e Romantic Images \u003cbr\u003e Images of Serfdome \u003cbr\u003e An Ethnographic-Historical Account \u003cbr\u003e Feodor Dostoevsky \u003cbr\u003e Leo Tolstoy \u003cbr\u003e The Dark Side of Peasant Beliefs \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion \u003cbr\u003e 4. Psychiatric Diagnoses \u003cbr\u003e The Search for Klikushi \u003cbr\u003e Scientific Rationalism versus. Popular Practices \u003cbr\u003e Hysteria versus. Somnambulism \u003cbr\u003e Mass Psychology \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion \u003cbr\u003e 5. Sorting through Multiple Realities \u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1: Database of Klikushi\/klikuny \u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2: Database of Witchcraft Cases \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406417338711,"sku":"9780875802732","price":29.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875802732.jpg?v=1730495725","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/possessed-9780875802732","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}