Cuando el misterio insiste: The construction of authority in Dominican Vodou
International Forum on Audio-Visual Research - Jahrbuch des Phonogrammarchivs 2017 Yvonne Schaffler, Bernd Brabec de Mori 3 citations
The form of spirit possession performed by practitioners who are readily initiated into Dominican Vodou requires them to be excellent (inter-)actors, dancers, and poets. The article focuses on the ritual practice of spirit possession in the Southwest of the Dominican Republic with emphasis on the question as to what constitutes effectiveness of spirit performance and how it is produced. The...