TY - BOOK AU - Mageo,Jeannette Marie AU - Howard,Alan TI - Spirits in culture, history, and mind SN - 0415913683 AV - BL477. S66 1996 U1 - 299.92 PY - 1996/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Spirits KW - Comparative studies KW - Spirit possession N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-266) and index; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1; Gods, Spirits, and History: A Theoretical Perspective --; 2; Continuity and Shape Shifting: Samoan Spirits in Culture History --; 3; They Loved Her Too Much: Interpreting Spirit Possession in Tonga --; 4; Heteroglossic Discourses on Nukulaelae Spirits --; 5; Spirit Encounters on a Polynesian Outlier: Anuta, Solomon Islands --; 6; Speak of the Devils: Discourse and Belief in Spirits on Rotuma --; 7; Local and Foreign Spirits in Kwaio, Solomon Islands --; 8; Apparitions, Orations, and Rings: Experience of Spirits in Dadul --; 9; Spirit Possession in Chuuk --; 10; Cultural and Experiential Aspects of Spirit Beliefs Among the Toraja --; 11; Afterword: Spirits and Their Histories --; References --; Contributors --; Author Index --; Subject Index ER -