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Spirited Things (Paperback)
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The word "possession" is trickier than we often think, especially
in the context of the Black Atlantic and its religions and economy.
Here possession can refer to spirits, material goods, and, indeed,
people. In Spirited Things, Paul Christopher Johnson gathers
together essays by leading anthropologists in the Americas to
explore the fascinating nexus found at the heart of the idea of
being possessed. The result is a book that marries one of
anthropology's foundational concerns - spirit possession - with one
of its most salient contemporary ones: materiality. The
contributors reopen the concept of possession in order to examine
the relationship between African religions in the Atlantic and the
economies that have historically shaped-and continue to shape-the
cultures that practice them. They explore the way spirit mediation
is framed both by material things-including plantations, the
Catholic church, the sea, and the telegraph-as well as the legacy
of slavery. In doing so, they offer a powerful new concept for
understanding the Atlantic world and its history, creation, and
deeply complex religious and political economy.
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