Spirit Girls and Marines
Possession and ethnopsychiatry as historical discourse in Samoa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2467337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeannette Mageo (0000-0001-9522-1794, Washington State University, corresponding author), Jeannette Marie Mageo |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 61-82 |
| Publication date | 1996-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Ethnologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ae.1996.23.1.02a00040 |
| OpenAlex | W1995191079 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 31 |
Through an analysis of a case of possession I argue that possession can be read as historical discourse. The possessed person and the ethnoanalyst often do cultural-historical work useful to the larger society. The case examined casts light on Samoan moral history from missionization to the present and on how Samoans have reinvented traditions-not naively as the literature on cultural reinvention suggests, but as at least a partially self-conscious process
Aesthetics · American samoa · Art · Cultural history · Ethnology · Genealogy · Linguistics · Possession (linguistics · Samoan · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2018 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |