Hanging without a Rope: Narrative Experience in Colonial and Postcolonial Karoland - Princeton Legacy Library - Mary Margaret Steedly - Books - Princeton University Press - 9780691656748 - January 15, 2019
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Hanging without a Rope: Narrative Experience in Colonial and Postcolonial Karoland - Princeton Legacy Library

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When Mary Steedly went to North Sumatra, Indonesia, she intended to study the curing practices of Karo Batak spirit mediums, the gurus who keep a community in touch with its ancestors. She became fascinated by the stories these women and men told of their encounters with spirits in the ritual arena and on the borders of the everyday social world. I


328 pages, 10 halftones 1 map

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released January 15, 2019
ISBN13 9780691656748
Publishers Princeton University Press
Pages 328
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   889 g
Language English  

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