Prayer has spoiled everything : possession, power, and identity in an Islamic town of Niger /

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An ethnographic and historical account of bori spirit possession and its relation to Islam, colonialism, and the state.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Masquelier, Adeline Marie, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, ©2001.
Series:Body, commodity, text.
Subjects:
Džanaev, Ivan Vasil'evič > 1898-1947
Mawri (African people) > Niger > Dogondoutchi > Religion.
Bori (Cult) > Niger > Dogondoutchi.
Mawri (Peuple d'Afrique) > Niger > Dogondoutchi > Religion.
Bori (Culte) > Niger > Dogondoutchi.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Bori (Cult)
Religion.
Islam
Animismus
Islam.
Bezit.
Macht.
Identiteit.
Dogondoutchi (Niger) > Religion.
Niger > Dogondoutchi.
Niger
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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