The Mind Possessed: The Cognition of Spirit Possession in an Afro-Brazilian Religious Tradition

The Mind Possessed: The Cognition of Spirit Possession in an Afro-Brazilian Religious Tradition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-256

  Cohen, Emma E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afro Brazilian; Cognitive Science of religion; Cultural Transmission; Ethnography; Possession; Spirit concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349085442     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195323351.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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