New Publication Announcement

[Rebecca Cooper]

I've been advised some of you may not have been able to read
this the first time.  Sorry for the duplication.  - Alex

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESS

Possessed: Women, Witches, and Demons in Imperial Russia
Christine D. Worobec

"An important book ... a work of fabulous erudition."--Daniel Field,
Syracuse University

Possessed is the first book to examine the phenomenon of demon
possession in Russia. Drawing upon a wide range of sources--religious,
psychiatric, ethnographic, and literary--Worobec looks at klikushestvo
over a broad span of time but focuses mainly on the nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries, when all of Russian society felt the pressure of
modernization.
Worobec's definitive study is as much an account of perceptions of the
klikushi as an analysis of the women themselves, for, even as modern
rationalism began to affect religious belief in Russia, explanations of
the shriekers continued to differ widely. Examining various cultural
constructions, Worobec shows how these interpretations were rooted in
theology, village life and politics, and gender relationships.
Engaging broad issues in Russian history, women's history, and popular
religious culture, Possessed will interest readers across several
disciplines. Its insights into the cultural phenomenon of possession
among Russian peasant women carry rich implications for understanding
the ways in which a complex society treated women believed to be out of
control.

For information on ordering, please contact Northern Illinois
University Press 815-753-1075 or  visit our website
www.niu.edu/univ_press.

Rebecca Cooper
S10RMC1 at wpo.cso.niu.edu

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