Spirit possession and personhood among the Kel Ewey Tuareg
Among the Tuareg people in the Air Mountain region of Niger, women are sometimes possessed by spirits called 'the people of solitude'. The evening curing rituals of the possessed, featuring drumming and song, take place before an audience of young men and women, who joke and flirt as the r...
| Subtitles: | Spirit Possession & Personhood among the Kel Ewey Tuareg |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1995.
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| In: | Year: 1995 |
| Reviews: | Spirit Possession and Personhood among the Kel Ewey Tuareg, by Susan J. Rasmussen. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1995, 178 pp. 49.95 (1996) (Feher, Shoshanah)
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| Series/Journal: | Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology
94 |
| Further subjects: | B
Tuaregs
Religion
B Women, Tuareg ; Religious life B Spirit Possession Niger B Women, Tuareg Religious life B Spirit possession ; Niger B Tuaregs ; Religion B Spirit Possession (Niger) |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780521470070 |