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Title:

A CELEBRATION OF DEMONS
EXORCISM AND THE AESTHETICS OF HEALING IN SRI LANKA

By:

Bruce Kapferer

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0854966048

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9780854966042

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Publisher:

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

Pub. date:

11 February, 1991

Series:

Explorations in Anthropology v. 4

Pages:

428

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 preface and introduction in which he argues that the techniques and aesthetics of healing in Sri Lanka cannot be reduced to Western psychoanalytic or psychotherapeutic terms.

Synopsis:

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.

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1, black & white illustrations

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Imprint:

Berg Publishers

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