Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India

doctoral thesis by Sophie Day
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Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India

Summary

Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India is a doctoral thesis[1].

Key Facts

  • Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India authored village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India — author (P50): Sophie Day[2].
  • Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India's instance of is recorded as village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India — instance of (P31): doctoral thesis[3].
  • Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India's copyright license is recorded as village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India — copyright license (P275): Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported[4].
  • Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India's language of work or name is recorded as village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India — language of work or name (P407): English[5].
  • Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India was published on 1989[6].
  • Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India's main subject is village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India — main subject (P921): oracle[7].
  • Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India's main subject is village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India — main subject (P921): Ladakh[8].
  • Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India's main subject is village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India — main subject (P921): anthropology[9].
  • Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India's work available at URL is recorded as https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/134563/[10].
  • Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India's number of pages is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+628'}[11].
  • Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India's title is recorded as Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India[12].
  • Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India's thesis submitted to is recorded as village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India — thesis submitted to (P4101): London School of Economics and Political Science[13].
  • Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): LSEThesisProject[14].
  • Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India's copyright status is recorded as village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India — copyright status (P6216): copyrighted[15].
  • Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India's online access status is recorded as village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India — online access status (P6954): open access[16].

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Designation and Status

Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India's instance of is recorded as village oracles and possession ritual in Ladakh, North India — instance of (P31): doctoral thesis[3].

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    Author Sophie Day
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    Work available at url https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/134563/
    Title Embodying spirits: village oracles and possession ritual in
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