essay
Embodied spirits: Palestinians and the experience of possession
feminist (re)visions of the subject : landscapes, ethnoscapes, and theoryscapes • Lanham, Md. • Published In 2001 • Pages: 145-157
By: Rothenberg, Celia.
Abstract
In this article, Rothenberg interprets spirit possession of two West Bank villagers in context of the Israeli occupation. She first discusses JINN spirits and possession in general and then recounts and interprets two specific cases. In the first case, a young woman sent to Jordan to marry a cousin, gives birth to her first child and is possessed by a Jewish JINN who wants the mother to kill the child. Rothenberg interprets the possession as an idiom for an unhappy marriage and Israeli domination. In the second case, a political prisoner meets his JINN, a Jewish woman who wants to marry him, but instead becomes his friend. The author interprets this tale in terms of empowerment and identity.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Middle East
- Sub Region
- Middle East
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2004
- Field Date
- 1995-1996
- Coverage Date
- 1967-1995
- Coverage Place
- Artus, West Bank, Occupied Territories, Israel
- Notes
- Celia Rothenberg
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 157)
- LCCN
- 00066337
- LCSH
- Palestinian Arabs