Spirits and Slaves in Central Sudan The Red Wind of Sennar
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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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan US
2012, 2012
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Series: | Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | 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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Physical Description: | XXXII, 282 p. 9 illus online resource |
ISBN: | 9781137027504 |