Prayer Has Spoiled Everything : Possession, Power, and Identity in an Islamic Town of Niger /
An ethnographic and historical account of bori spirit possession and its relation to Islam, colonialism, and the state.
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham, N.C. :
Duke University Press,
2001.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Bori, power, and identity in Dogondoutchi
- Lost rituals : changing topographies of spirit/human interactions
- Socializing the spirits
- The everyday life of bori : knowledge, embodiment, and quotidian practice
- Kinesthetic appropriation and embodied knowledge : Baboule spirits and the making of value
- Taking hold of the kasuwa : the ritual economy of bori in the market
- The mirrors of Maria : sweetness, sexuality, and dangerous consumption
- Lightning, death, and the politics of truth : the spirits of rain.