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Maya's Story

Spirit Possession, Gender, and the Making of the Self in a Painted Anthropological Account

Bibliographic Data

ID2228536
AuthorsPaola Tiné (0000-0002-4069-441X, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume62
Issue4
Pages498-504
Publication date2021-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCurrent Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-3204 • E-ISSN: 1537-5382
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/716551
OpenAlexW3195711741
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited12

By developing the artistic style of abstract realism, this work in the medium of oil painting and digital elaboration focuses on the story of a Nepali woman who, by rebelling against constraining social norms in relation to gender roles and household hierarchy, is said to be possessed by evil spirits. Through portraitures and selected scenes, this visual account portrays a changing society, revealing the desire of young people to move toward egalitarian relations despite the risk of incurring social condemnation

Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Epistemology · Hierarchy · Literature · Maya · Nepali · Painting · Political science · Realism · Relation (database · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Law · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Philosophy

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Unique citing works3
Citations per year1,5
Citation span2024 - 2025 (2)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3
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