Editing Spirit possession (section)

===Cultural anthropology===
The works of [[Jean Rouch]], [[Germaine Dieterlen]], and [[Marcel Griaule]] have been extensively cited in research studies on possession in [[Western Africa]] that extended to [[Brazil]] and North America due to the [[History of slavery|slave trade]].{{sfnp|Queiroz|2012|pp=184–211}}{{sfnp|De Heusch|2007|pp=365–386}}

The anthropologist I.M. Lewis noted that women are more likely to be involved in spirit possession cults than men are, and postulated that such cults act as a means of compensation for their exclusion from other spheres within their respective cultures.{{sfnp|Lewis|1966|pp=307–329}}