Possessed

Women, Witches, and Demons in Imperial Russia

AvChristine D. Worobec

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Women known as "shriekers" howled, screamed, convulsed, and tore their clothes. Believed to be possessed by devils, these central figures in a cultural drama known as klikushestvo stirred various reactions among those who encountered them. While sympathetic monks and peasants tended to shelter the shriekers, others analyzed, diagnosed, and objectified them. The Russian Orthodox Church played an important role, for, while moving toward a scientific explanation for the behavior of these women, 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 Russia. Drawing upon a wide range of sources-religious, psychiatric, ethnographic, and literary-Worobec looks at klikushestvo over a broad span of time but focuses mainly on the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when all of Russian society felt the pressure of modernization. Worobec's definitive study is as much an account of perceptions of the klikushi as an analysis of the women themselves, for, even as modern rationalism began to affect religious belief in Russia, explanations of the shriekers continued to differ widely. Examining various cultural constructions, Worobec shows how these interpretations were rooted in theology, village life and politics, and gender relationships. Engaging broad issues in Russian history, women's history, and popular religious culture, Possessed will interest readers across several disciplines. Its insights into the cultural phenomenon of possession among Russian peasant women carry rich implications for understanding the ways in which a complex society treated women believed to be out of control.

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Utgivningsdatum:2003-10-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Antal sidor:303
Förlag:Cornell University Press
ISBN:9780875805986

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"Exceptionally well-researched and exhaustive."-Association for Women in Slavic Studies"Worobec is at her best as a storyteller.... Her scholarship is marked by a meticulous reading of sources and a sensitivity to and respect for the people she studies."—Russian Review

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Table of ContentsConfronting Klikushestvo: An Introduction 1. State and Church Perceptions The Legal Case Orthodoxy's Triumph over the Devil Scientific Rationalism and the Miraculous Conclusion 2. Peasant Views Popular Orthodoxy Witchcraft 3. Literary and Ethnographic Portrayals Romantic Images Images of Serfdome An Ethnographic-Historical Account Feodor Dostoevsky Leo Tolstoy The Dark Side of Peasant Beliefs Conclusion 4. Psychiatric Diagnoses The Search for Klikushi Scientific Rationalism versus. Popular Practices Hysteria versus. Somnambulism Mass Psychology Conclusion 5. Sorting through Multiple Realities Appendix 1: Database of Klikushi/klikuny Appendix 2: Database of Witchcraft Cases Notes Bibliography Index

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Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-10-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Antal sidor:303
Förlag:Cornell University Press
ISBN:9780875805986

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