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
Main Author: Masquelier, Adeline Marie, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Džanaev, Ivan Vasil'evič > 1898-1947
Identiteit.
Macht.
Bezit.
Islam.
Animismus
Islam
Religion.
Bori (Cult)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Bori (Culte) > Niger > Dogondoutchi.
Mawri (Peuple d'Afrique) > Niger > Dogondoutchi > Religion.
Bori (Cult) > Niger > Dogondoutchi.
Mawri (African people) > Niger > Dogondoutchi > Religion.
Niger
Niger > Dogondoutchi.
Dogondoutchi (Niger) > Religion.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:An ethnographic and historical account of bori spirit possession and its relation to Islam, colonialism, and the state.
Physical Description:1 online resource (368 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780822380559

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