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AbstractABSTRACT" To Be Taken as Spouse by a Naq ". Implication ot a Marriage with a Spirit in the Burmese Possession Cuit (Myanmar)In Burma, the relationship between " spirit-mediums " and naq spirits who are the object of the possession cuit is mainly thought in terms of a marriage between a female human and a mâle spirit. The spirits appear to be " wife-takers ", contrary to the marriage alliance which is described as the basis of the shamanistic relationship. This relationship is similar to one that symbolically links the king with the local communities, the origin of the " institutionalization " of the naq cuit. The bringing together of various particular communities in the kingdom might well be conceived as the consequence of an initial union between the king and a local hero's sister - a hero who is afterwards appointed by the king as a local tutelary spirit. At both levels, the marriage alliance expresses a domination one may qualify more precisely as a " reversible subordination ", modeled according to the position conferred to the woman in marriage. The relationship which allows " possession " in the Burmese cuit differs also from the shamanistic one because it is not dealing with " surnature " for the human community but with regulating links between particular communities and the greater whole.Key words : Brac de la Perrière, possession, ritual marriage, naq, Burma
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The human body, its role and configuration in Classical Hollywood cinema, offers a condensed view of the tension to be observed between narrative and spectacle in film. With the revival of the musical genre in the mid-1930s as our starting point, this paper proposes to analyze the human body as it relates to narration, montage and mise en scène. Observations are based on examples from various scenes in the film The Gay Divorcee (Mark Sandrich, 1934).
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AbstractThe traditional European concept of the “other” has been applied to aboriginal peoples, but in terms of historic habitation of the Americas it could properly be applied to the newcomers. The vision Amerindians had of French intruders was not flattering and calls into question assumptions about the superiority of European character, culture, and technology. Native responses, especially on the part of women, to French-Catholic missionary efforts illustrate the cultural and spiritual vitality of Amerindian societies. Just as there was only selective adoption of European material culture, so there was prudent consideration of spiritual values and beliefs.