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Hanging without a Rope: Narrative Experience in Colonial and Postcolonial Karoland
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Hanging without a Rope: Narrative Experience in Colonial and Postcolonial Karoland

Mary Margaret Steedly
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When Mary Steedly went to North Sumatra, Indonesia, she intended to study the curing practices of Karo Batak spirit mediums, the gurus who keep a community in touch with its ancestors. She became fascinated by the stories these women and men told of their encounters with spirits in the ritual arena and on the borders of the everyday social world. I

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Country
United States
Date
26 March 2019
Pages
328
ISBN
9780691656748

When Mary Steedly went to North Sumatra, Indonesia, she intended to study the curing practices of Karo Batak spirit mediums, the gurus who keep a community in touch with its ancestors. She became fascinated by the stories these women and men told of their encounters with spirits in the ritual arena and on the borders of the everyday social world. I

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Country
United States
Date
26 March 2019
Pages
328
ISBN
9780691656748

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