A Celebration of Demons
Exorcism and the Aesthetics of Healing in Sri Lanka
1st Edition
Published on 31. March 2021
Book
Hardback
426 pages
978-0-367-71729-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Sinhalese exorcism rituals are perhaps the most complex and the most magnificent in performance still extant. For this second edition, the author has written a new preface and introduction in which he argues that the techniques of healing in Sri Lanka and the aesthetics of this healing cannot be reduced to Western psychoanalytic or psychotherapeutic terms, and develops new and original approaches to ritual and the aesthetic in general.
Reviews / Votes
Kapferer wonderfully captures for us the mood, the life, smack and colour of exorcist rituals. - Victor TurnerMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
585 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-71729-2 (9780367717292)
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Additional editions
Bruce Kapferer
A Celebration of Demons
E-Book
01/2021
1st Edition
Routledge
€55.49
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Bruce Kapferer
A Celebration of Demons
E-Book
01/2021
1st Edition
Routledge
€55.49
Available for download
Book
02/1991
2nd Edition
Berg Publishers
€63.90
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Person
Bruce Kapferer, University of Bergen
Content
List of Figures, Tables and Illustrations, Preface to Second Edition, Foreword, Preface, 1. Introduction, 2. Exorcism, Class and Change in Urban Sri Lanka, 3. Exorcists, 4. Demonic Illness: Diagnosis and Social Context, 5. Exorcisms and the Symbolic Identity of Women, 6. The Demonic Illusion: Demons and the Cosmic Hierarchy, 7. The Exorcism of the Great Cemetery Demon: Event and Structure in Major Exorcisms, 8. Music, Dance and Trance, 9. The Comedy of Gods and Demons, 10. Epilogue: A Celebration of Demons, Notes, Bibliography, Glossary, Subject Index, Author Index