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Spirit Possession and Personhood among the Kel Ewey Tuareg (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R2,752

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Spirit Possession and Personhood among the Kel Ewey Tuareg (Hardcover, New): Susan J. Rasmussen

Spirit Possession and Personhood among the Kel Ewey Tuareg (Hardcover, New)

Susan J. Rasmussen

Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

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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 ritual unfolds. In her analysis of this tolerated but unofficial cult, Susan Rasmussen analyses symbolism and aesthetic values, provides case studies of possessed women, and reviews what local people think about the meaning of possession.

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Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Release date:	February 1995
First published:	1995
Authors:	Susan J. Rasmussen
Dimensions:	237 x 160 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	196
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-47007-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-47007-2
Barcode:	9780521470070