Boekhandel Douwes Den Haag

Contemporary Anthropology of Religion

Spirits and Slaves in Central Sudan

The Red Wind of Sennar

Kenyon, Susan M.

Spirits and Slaves in Central Sudan

Contemporary Anthropology of Religion

Spirits and Slaves in Central Sudan

The Red Wind of Sennar

Contemporary Anthropology of Religion: Spirits and Slaves in Central Sudan

 

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.


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Beschrijving Contemporary Anthropology of Religion: Spirits and Slaves in Central Sudan

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.


ISBN
9781137027498
Pagina's
282
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Serie
Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
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Algemene sociale wetenschappen
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Nederlands
Uitgever
Palgrave Macmillan