Adeline Masquelier

Prayer Has Spoiled Everything

Possession, Power, and Identity in an Islamic Town of Niger

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Produktbeschreibung

"With its rich primary data about bori, its creativity and freshness, "Prayer Has Spoiled Everything" will be of enormous interest to Africanists and to religion scholars of many types."--Karen McCarthy Brown, author of "Mama Lola: A Voodou Priestess in Brooklyn"

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2001
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 907g
• ISBN-13: 9780822326335
• ISBN-10: 0822326337
• Artikelnr.: 40238343

Autorenporträt

Adeline Maquelier is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University.

Inhaltsangabe

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