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The semiotics of ritual healing in a North Indian Muslim shrine

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This paper reports phenomenological and semiotic research on therapeutic rituals in a Muslim shrine, concentrating on three case studies. Women describe their experiences while being possessed by evil spirits and while undergoing ritual healing in the shrine. The semiotic structuring of their experiences and perceptions are analyzed as a culturally coded system of exorcism.

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  • Pfleiderer, Beatrix, 1988. "The semiotics of ritual healing in a North Indian Muslim shrine," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 27(5), pages 417-424, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:27:y:1988:i:5:p:417-424
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    1. R. Padmavati & R. Thara & Ellen Corin, 2005. "A Qualitative Study of Religious Practices by Chronic Mentally Ill and their Caregivers in South India," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 51(2), pages 139-149, June.

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