A Celebration of Demons: Exorcism and the Aesthetics of Healing in Sri LankaStressing the importance of performance in the organization of ritual experience, Kapferer reveals that music, dance, and comicdrama are key aesthetic forms in Sinhalese demon ceremonies. |
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| Title | A Celebration of Demons: Exorcism and the Aesthetics of Healing in Sri Lanka A University College London Series Explorations in anthropology |
| Author | Bruce Kapferer |
| Edition | 2, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Berg, 1991 |
| ISBN | 1560980400, 9781560980407 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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