Keller, Mary.

The Hammer and the Flute : Women, Power, and Spirit Possession. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (300 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1 Reorienting Possession in Theory -- Chapter 1 Signifying Possession -- Chapter 2 Reorienting Possession -- Chapter 3 Flutes, Hammers, and MountedWomen -- Part 2 TheWork,War, and Play of Possession -- Chapter 4 Work -- Chapter 5 War -- Chapter 6 Play(s) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

It provides an argument for the evaluation of religious lives and their struggles for meaning and power in the contemporary landscape of critical theory.

9780801876288


Spirit possession.
Women-Religious life.


Electronic books.

BL482 .K45 2002

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