Wombs and Alien Spirits Women, Men, and the Zar Cult in Northern Sudan

Name: Wombs and Alien Spirits Women, Men, and the Zar Cult in Northern Sudan
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ISBN: 9780299123147

ISBN-10: 0299123146

ISBN-13: 9780299123147

Edition: 1989

Authors: Janice Boddy

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Based on nearly two years of ethnographic fieldwork in a Muslim village in northern Sudan, Wombs and Alien Spiritsexplores the z'r cult, the most widely practiced traditional healing cult in Africa. Adherents of the cult are usually women with marital or fertility problems, who are possessed by spirits very different from their own proscribed roles as mothers. Through the woman, the spirit makes demands upon her husband and family and makes provocative comments on village issues, such as the increasing influence of formal Islam or encroaching Western economic domination. In accommodating the spirits, the women are able metaphorically to reformulate everyday discourse to portray…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 12/15/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English