Ethnic syndromes as disguise for protest against colonialism: three ethnographic examples.

Elizabeth Hegeman

Journal: Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD) 2013;14(2):138-46

PMID: 23406219

Full Text on Atypon View on PubMed

Abstract

Historical connections are suggested between the domination of 1 culture by another and dissociative spiritual and religious responses to that oppression. Connections are drawn between colonial oppression, trauma, and 3 examples of dissociation and spirit possession: the Zar cult of Southern Sudan, "Puerto Rican syndrome" or ataque, and the Balinese trance dance. Discussed by means of these examples are the role and functions of spirit possession as a means of escape from unbearable reality, where it becomes a form of the expression of needs and desires forbidden by authorities, a way of entering an identity not subject to traditional authorities, and reenactment of traumatic experience.

Address: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York , New York , New York 10019, USA. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2013.724340

Link outs

Free resources

Other Literature Sources:

https://scite.ai/reports/23406219

Miscellaneous:

https://assays.cancer.gov/CPTAC-2212

Subscription / membership required

Full Text Sources:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/15299732.2...

MeSH Terms: Adult, Anthropology, Cultural, Authoritarianism, Ceremonial Behavior, Child, Colonialism, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Dancing, Depressive Disorder, Major, Dissociative Disorders, Dominance-Subordination, Ethnicity, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Indonesia, Life Change Events, Male, Power, Psychological, Puerto Rico, Reality Testing, Religion and Psychology, Shamanism, Social Control, Formal, Social Identification, Somatoform Disorders, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Sudan, Syndrome, Witchcraft