Masquelier Prayer Has Spoiled Everything

Possession, Power, and Identity in an Islamic Town of Niger
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8055-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten

Reihe: Body, Commodity, Text

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Masquelier, Adeline

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

List of Terms

Introduction

1. Bori, Power, and Identity in Dogondoutchi

2. Lost Rituals: Changing Topographies of Spirit/Human Interactions

3. Socializing the Spirit

4. The Everyday Life of Bori: Knowledge, Embodiment, and Quotidian Practice

5. Kinesthetic Appropriation and Embodied Knowledge: Babou Spirits and the Making of Value

6. Taking Hold of the Kasuwa; The Ritual Economy of Bori in the Market

7. The Mirrors of Maria: Sweetness, Sexuality, and Dangerous Consumption

8. Lightning, Death, and the Politics of Truth: The Spirits of Rain

Conclusion: Continuities and Discontinuities in Bori

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Adeline Maquelier is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University.