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Possessed: Women, Witches, and Demons in Imperial Russia
Christine D. Worobec
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| #3569196 in Books | 2001-02-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x1.10 x6.00l,1.38 | File type: PDF | 303 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Russia|By N. Nelson|This looked like an interesting read. I am a Russophile and have books on a wide variety of topics about Russia and this title is a good addition to my collection.|3 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Demons in Russia|By A Customer|Possessed is the first book to examine the phenomenon of demon||
|"Exceptionally well-researched and exhaustive."|—Association for Women in Slavic Studies|"Worobec is at her best as a storyteller.... Her scholarship is marked by a meticulous reading of sources and a sensitivity to and respect for the people she s
Women known as "shriekers" howled, screamed, convulsed, and tore their clothes. Believed to be possessed by devils, these central figures in a cultural drama known as klikushestvo stirred various reactions among those who encountered them. While sympathetic monks and peasants tended to shelter the shriekers, others analyzed, diagnosed, and objectified them. The Russian Orthodox Church played an important role, for, while moving toward a scientific explanat...
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