Paul Stoller

Embodying Colonial Memories (eBook, PDF)

Spirit Possession, Power, and the Hauka in West Africa

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of the West African Hauka - spirits that grotesquely mimic and mock "Europeans" of the colonial epoch. The author considers spirit possession as a set of embodied practices with serious social and cultural consequences. Embodying Colonial Memories is the first in-depth study of the West African Hauka, spirits in the body of (human) mediums which mimic and mock Europeans of the colonial epoch. Paul Stoller, who was initiated into a spirit possession troupe, recounts an insider's tale of the Hauka with respect and "brotherly" deference. He combines narrative description, historical analysis, and reflections on the importance of embodiment and mimesis to social theory, with particular reference to the Songhay peoples of the Republic of Niger.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136652592
• Artikelnr.: 40301880

Autorenporträt

Paul Stoller is Professor of Anthropology at West Chester University. He is the author of In Sorcery's Shadow (1987), Fusion of the Worlds (1989), The Taste ofEthnographic Things (1989) and The Cinematic Griot. He is currently conducting research among West African street vendors in New York City.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Prologue Diplomacy On A Dune
Part one Sensing Spirit Possession
Chapter 2 Introduction Sensing Ethnography
Chapter One Spirit Possession
Chapter Two Cultural Memory
Chapter Three Embodied Memories
Part two Confronting Colonialism in West Africa
Chapter 6 Introduction Forms of Confrontation
Chapter Four From First Contacts to Military Part Ition
Chapter Five Colonizing West Africa
Chapter Six Embodied Oppositions
Part three Migrating with the Hauka
Chapter 10 Introduction Thunderous Gods
Chapter Seven Colonizing Niger
Chapter Eight The Birth of the Hauka Movement
Chapter Nine Transgressing to the Gold Coast
Part four Transforming State Power The Hauka Movement in the Postcolony of Niger
Chapter 14 Introduction Crossing Ceremonial Boundaries
Chapter Ten Independence and the Postcolony of Niger
Chapter Eleven Peasant and Hauka in Niger's Postcolony
Chapter Twelve The Hauka and the Government of General Seyni Kountche
Chapter 18 Epilogue Memory, Power, and Spirit Possession