Dr Louise Child
Telephone:+44 (0)29 208 74039
Extension:74039
Location:John Percival Building 5.14
Research Interests
- Tantric Buddhism
- Theories of Durkheim and Mauss
- Altered States of Consciousness (including Shamanism and Possession Trance)
- Gender
- Psychology
- Contemporary Film
- Ritual sacrifice
- Myth
Selected Publications
Child, L. (2007) Tantric Buddhism and Altered States of Consciousness: Durkheim, Emotional Energy and Visions of the Consort. Abingdon: Ashgate.
Child, L. (Forthcoming 2012) ‘Initiation and communities of secrecy in Papua New Guinea, Tantric Buddhism, and contemporary serial drama’ in Garb, J. & Wexler, P. (eds) After Spirituality: Studies in Mystical Traditions. Peter Lang Publishing.
Child, L. (2010) ‘Spirit possession, seduction and collective consciousness’ in Schmidt, B. & Huskinson, L. (eds) Spirit Possession and Trance: New Interdisciplinary Perspectives. London: Continuum.
Child, L. (2008) ‘Possession in contemporary cinema: religious and psychological themes’ in DISKUS (the online journal of the British Association for the Study of Religion), vol. 9.
http://www.basr.ac.uk/diskus/diskus9/child.htm
Research Networks and Groups
Crime Narratives Network, Cardiff University
Interdisciplinary Film Network, Cardiff University,
Sacrifice Project Team, School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University
Project conference poster available:
Teaching
Postgraduate Teaching:
Myth, Narrative and Theory Pathway for MA in Religious Studies.
Undergraduate Modules taught:
Emotions, Symbols and Rituals
Bodies Spirits and Souls
Myth and the Movies