mind, self, and other in demonic illness: the negation and reconstruction of Self
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in American Ethnologist
- Vol. 6 (1) , 110-133
- https://doi.org/10.1525/ae.1979.6.1.02a00080
Abstract
Major exorcism rituals in Sri Lanka attempt to transform the identity of a patient from one of illness to one of health. The cultural “logic” of this is described and understood in terms of an analytical approach developed from the work of G. H. Mead and the closely associated work of certain social phenomenologists. The approach adopted in this paper, although argued mainly in relation to Sinhalese healing rituals, is considered as being capable of extension to other forms of transition rites, or rites of passage.Keywords
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