ERIKA BOURGUIGNON (1924–2015) was professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at The Ohio State University, where she taught for more than 40 years. She is best known for her contributions to psychological anthropology, anthropology of religion, and the anthropology of women.
Bourguignon published seven books and hundreds of professional articles about a variety of subjects such as altered states of consciousness, trance, vodou, religion, social change, women’s roles, the Holocaust, and memory studies.
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A World of Women
6 editions - first published in 1980 -
Trance dance
3 editions - first published in 1968 -
Possession
2 editions - first published in 1976 -
Religion, altered states of consciousness, and social change
2 editions - first published in 1973 -
Culture and the varieties of consciousness
1 edition - first published in 1974 -
Diversity and homogeneity in world societies
1 edition - first published in 1973 -
A World of women
1 edition - first published in 1980 -
Psychological anthropology
1 edition - first published in 1979
Erika Bourguignon
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Trance,
Ethnopsychology,
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Social change,
Women,
Accessible book,
Altered states of consciousness,
Classification,
Consciousness,
Dance,
Ethnology,
Personality and culture,
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Religion and sociology,
Religious Psychology,
Religious aspects,
Religious aspects of Dance,
Sects,
Spirit possession,
Voodooism,
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| August 11, 2016 | Edited by Jane Hoffelt | Added date of death and a short bio |
| April 12, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Added photos to author pages. |
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