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The dybbuk is a concept in Jewish folklore referring to the spirit of a dead person that is believed to possess a living body, often because of unresolved sin or unfinished business. The figure was popularized by S. Ansky's Yiddish play The Dybbuk, or Between Two Worlds, first staged in the early tw...
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Deep Jewish folkloric resonance, elevated by Ansky's classic play; strong cultural reputation beyond horror framing.
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Paul Stoller is an American anthropologist who has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork among the Songhay people of Niger since the 1970s. His research focuses on religion, healing practices, and spirit possession in West Africa, contributing to the development of sensory anthropology, which e...
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Sensory anthropology and Niger ethnography respected; influential stylistically, less canonical overall.
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