Spirits in culture, history, and mind / edited by Jeannette Marie Mageo and Alan Howard. - 282 pages : map ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-266) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Gods, Spirits, and History: A Theoretical Perspective -- Continuity and Shape Shifting: Samoan Spirits in Culture History -- They Loved Her Too Much: Interpreting Spirit Possession in Tonga -- Heteroglossic Discourses on Nukulaelae Spirits -- Spirit Encounters on a Polynesian Outlier: Anuta, Solomon Islands -- Speak of the Devils: Discourse and Belief in Spirits on Rotuma -- Local and Foreign Spirits in Kwaio, Solomon Islands -- Apparitions, Orations, and Rings: Experience of Spirits in Dadul -- Spirit Possession in Chuuk -- Cultural and Experiential Aspects of Spirit Beliefs Among the Toraja -- Afterword: Spirits and Their Histories -- References -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

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Spirits--Comparative studies
Spirit possession--Comparative studies

BL477. / S66 1996

299.92