The semiotics of ritual healing in a North Indian Muslim shrine

This paper reports phenomenological and semiotic research on therapeutic rituals in a Muslim shrine, concentrating on three case studies. Women describe their experiences while being possessed by evil spirits and while undergoing ritual healing in the shrine. The semiotic structuring of their experiences and perceptions are analyzed as a culturally coded system of exorcism.

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Year of publication:	1988
Authors:	Pfleiderer, Beatrix
Published in:	Social Science & Medicine. - Elsevier, ISSN 0277-9536. - Vol. 27.1988, 5, p. 417-424
Publisher:	Elsevier
Keywords:	ritual healing possession and trance women and pollution Muslim shrines in India

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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