The Power of Blood: The sickness and Spiritual Vulnerability in Southern Guyana
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| author | Courtney Stafford-Walter |
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| contents | The Power of Blood: The sickness and Spiritual Vulnerability in Southern Guyana Courtney Stafford-Walter Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) spirits Sickness schooling menstruation gendered Personhood In this article, the author puts the existing literature on gendered personhood and space and the relationships between bodily fluids and the spirit world in dialogue with a specific ethnographic account of the sickness in Southern Guyana. The sickness is a spiritual illness that befalls Amerindian girls living in boarding school dormitories in Guyana that manifests in repeated violent fits. By exploring the reactions of community members and parents to this unusual illness, and how they link it to the power of menstrual blood, the article grapples with gendered personhood and transformation and what it means to come of age for young Amerindian woman in the face of rapid social change. 2023 artículo científico 0104-026X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=38176175024 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/381/38176175024/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/381/38176175024/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/381/38176175024/38176175024.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/381/38176175024/movil https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9584-2023v31n395248 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=381 Revista Estudos Feministas application/pdf Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Revista Estudos Feministas (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.31 |
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| spellingShingle | The Power of Blood: The sickness and Spiritual Vulnerability in Southern Guyana Courtney Stafford-Walter Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) spirits Sickness schooling menstruation gendered Personhood The Power of Blood: The sickness and Spiritual Vulnerability in Southern Guyana Courtney Stafford-Walter Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) spirits Sickness schooling menstruation gendered Personhood In this article, the author puts the existing literature on gendered personhood and space and the relationships between bodily fluids and the spirit world in dialogue with a specific ethnographic account of the sickness in Southern Guyana. The sickness is a spiritual illness that befalls Amerindian girls living in boarding school dormitories in Guyana that manifests in repeated violent fits. By exploring the reactions of community members and parents to this unusual illness, and how they link it to the power of menstrual blood, the article grapples with gendered personhood and transformation and what it means to come of age for young Amerindian woman in the face of rapid social change. 2023 artículo científico 0104-026X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=38176175024 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/381/38176175024/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/381/38176175024/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/381/38176175024/38176175024.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/381/38176175024/movil https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9584-2023v31n395248 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=381 Revista Estudos Feministas application/pdf Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Revista Estudos Feministas (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.31 |
| title | The Power of Blood: The sickness and Spiritual Vulnerability in Southern Guyana |
| topic | Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) spirits Sickness schooling menstruation gendered Personhood |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=38176175024 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/381/38176175024/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/381/38176175024/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/381/38176175024/38176175024.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/381/38176175024/movil https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9584-2023v31n395248 |