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Book SynopsisIt provides an argument for the evaluation of religious lives and their struggles for meaning and power in the contemporary landscape of critical theory.
Trade Review[A] provocative exploration of possession theory... Keller is able to offer not only fresh insight into possession phenomena but also a penetrating critique of the categories and concepts with which it has been theorized. -- Kelly E. Hayes Journal of Religion 2004 Keller's argument for a revisioning of agency, women, and possession is important intervention. By bringing together an unusual mix of theorists and case studies, she makes a thoughtful contribution to the study of religion, gender, and post-colonial theory that raises provocative questions for all scholars of religion. -- Pamela E. Klassen History of Religions 2004 A welcome addition to scholarly literature on spirit possession. It provides an innovative exploration into the agency of women's possessed bodies and the way scholarly representations construct agency. -- Margaret J. Rausch Journal of the American Academy of Religion 2005
Table of ContentsContents: The Hammer and the Flute: Women, Power, and Spirit Possession Introduction Part 1: Re-Orienting Possession in Theory Chapter One: Signifying Possession Chapter Two: Re-Orienting Possession Chapter Three: Flutes, Hammers and Mounted Women Part II: The Work, War and Play of Possession Chapter Four: Work Chapter Five: War Chapter Six: Play(s) Conclusion Bibliography
