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Possessed by the Virgin : Hinduism, Roman Catholicism, and Marian possession in South India / Kristin C. Bloomer.
LIBRA BT652.I4 B56 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bloomer, Kristin C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Devotion to--India--Tamil Nadu.
- Mary.
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.
- Christianity--India--Tamil Nadu.
- Christianity.
- Māriyamman̲ (Hindu deity)--Cult--India--Tamil Nadu.
- Māriyamman̲ (Hindu deity).
- Māriyamman̲ (Hindu deity)--Cult.
- Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
- Tamil Nadu (India)--Religious life and customs.
- Tamil Nadu (India).
- India--Tamil Nadu.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 325 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Rosalind
- The place, the people, the practices: Our Lady Jecintho and the quest for embodied wholeness
- Authenticity and double trouble: the case of Nancy-as-Jecintho
- Possession, processions, and authority interlude
- Return to Maataapuram
- Women's work, gendered space, and the dangerous labor of (virgin) birth
- Memory, mimesis, and healing
- Departures and homecomings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Bloomer, Kristin C. Possessed by the Virgin.
- ISBN:
- 9780190615093
- 0190615095
- OCLC:
- 1001287531
- Publisher Number:
- 99974957344
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