Possessed
Women, Witches, and Demons in Imperial Russia
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Author
Publication
2001-03-01 - Northern Illinois University Press
Language
English
Word Count
72,000 words, Guess
Page Count
288 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8089688M
- ISBN-139780875802732
- ISBN-100875802737
- OCLC Control Number44750832
- Internet Archivepossessedwomenwi0000woro
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- Library of Congress Control Number00062519
- LibraryThing1464354
- Goodreads6340581
Classifications
- LCCBF1555.W795 2001
Description
"Women known as "shriekers" howled, screamed, convulsed, and tore their clothes. Believed by many to be possessed by demons, these central figures in the cultural drama of klikushestvo stirred various reactions among those who encountered them. While peasants and clergymen sheltered the shriekers, others analyzed, diagnosed, and objectified them. The Russian Orthodox Church played an important role in the drama, for, while moving toward a scientific explanation for the behavior of the klikushi, it was reluctant to abandon the ideas of possession and miraculous exorcism.". "Possessed is the first book to examine the phenomenon of demon possession in rural Russia. Drawing from a wide range of sources - religious, psychiatric, ethnographic, and literary - Worobec looks at klikushestvo over a broad span of time, focusing on the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when all of Russian society felt the pressure of modernization."--BOOK JACKET.
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