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    Janice Boddy's article reviews spirit possession and argues that it should be viewed as more than just an instrument for social and political commentary. She asserts that spirit possession involves a real transformation of identity and relationships between the human and spirit worlds, and that viewing it only as instrumentalism reduces its cultural and experiential complexity. The article aims to move beyond simplistic instrumentalist perspectives on spirit possession and incorporate understandings of related cosmological beliefs.

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    Janice Boddy's article reviews spirit possession and argues that it should be viewed as more than just an instrument for social and political commentary. She asserts that spirit possession involves a real transformation of identity and relationships between the human and spirit worlds, and that viewing it only as instrumentalism reduces its cultural and experiential complexity. The article aims to move beyond simplistic instrumentalist perspectives on spirit possession and incorporate understandings of related cosmological beliefs.

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    Review of current anthropological literature on spirit possession.

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    Janice Boddy's article reviews spirit possession and argues that it should be viewed as more than just an instrument for social and political commentary. She asserts that spirit possession involves a real transformation of identity and relationships between the human and spirit worlds, and that viewing it only as instrumentalism reduces its cultural and experiential complexity. The article aims to move beyond simplistic instrumentalist perspectives on spirit possession and incorporate understandings of related cosmological beliefs.

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    Spirit Possession Revisited - Beyond Instrumentality - Boddy

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    Janice Boddy's article reviews spirit possession and argues that it should be viewed as more than just an instrument for social and political commentary. She asserts that spirit possession involves a real transformation of identity and relationships between the human and spirit worlds, and that viewing it only as instrumentalism reduces its cultural and experiential complexity. The article aims to move beyond simplistic instrumentalist perspectives on spirit possession and incorporate understandings of related cosmological beliefs.

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    Spirit Possession Revisited: Beyond Instrumentality

    Author(s): Janice Boddy


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    Source: Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol. 23 (1994), pp. 407-434
    Published by: Annual Reviews
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