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Conjuring Hope: Healing and Magic in Contemporary Russia - Epistemologies of Healing
Galina Lindquist
Conjuring Hope: Healing and Magic in Contemporary Russia - Epistemologies of Healing
Galina Lindquist
Notions of magic and healing have been changing over past years and are now understood as reflecting local ideas of power and agency, as well as structures of self, subjectivity and affect. This study focuses on contemporary urban Russia and, through exploring social conditions, conveys the experience of living that makes magic logical.
272 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 1, 2005 |
ISBN13 | 9781845450939 |
Publishers | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 272 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 19 mm · 380 g |
Language | English |
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