The Politics of Madness and Spirit Possession in Northern India.
Medical Anthropology 2021 Asaf Sharabi 11 citations
Being a medium of a god is common and normative in the Western Himalayas. In this article I present a case of three mediums who were regarded with mixed feelings by society, because their mediumship strongly criticized religious practices and the caste system. The villagers in the study area have cultural-religious practices that help them cope with deviant forms of mediumship - patterns such...