Kitsune-tsuki, Fox Familiars, and Witchcraft Politics in Japan
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Sfinga explores some of the historical, anthropological, and medical scholarship on the phenomena of kitsune-tsuki: fox spirit possession or "attachment". From Meiji Period medical and religious reforms to the anxieties of socio-economic upheaval in villages, the Dragon considers culturally-negotiated categories of "madness" and trance, the politics of witchcraft accusations, and the fox spirits at the center of it all. Support us on patreon.com/TheFrightfulHowls and follow us at twitter.com/FrightfulHowls.
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