Kenyon Spirits and Slaves in Central Sudan

The Red Wind of Sennar
2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-02750-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 282 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion

This historical ethnography from Central Sudan explores the century-old intertwining of zar , spirit possession, with past lives of ex-slaves and shows that, despite very different social and cultural contexts, zar has continued to be shaped by the experience of slavery.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kenyon, Susan M.

Kenyon, S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: BACKGROUND Remembering Spirits and Sufis in Central Sudan PART II: THE HOUSE OF ZAINAB The Ottoman Ranks Colonialism and Colonization Independence, Islamism, and Modernity PART III: THE HOUSE OF SPIRITS The World of Red Spirits Nations of Spirits Serving the Spirits PART IV: DEALING WITH POWER Bargaining with Power Spirits at Play Sacrifice PART V: NOT A MOMENT TO LOSE Slavery Remembered: Lessons from the Zar

Über Autor(innen)

Susan M. Kenyon is professor emerita of the Department of Anthropology at Butler University, USA.