Wombs and alien spirits : women, men, and the Zar cult in northern Sudan / Janice Boddy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Madison, Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin Press, (c)1989.Description: xxi, 399 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • HQ1793 .W663 1989
  • HQ1793
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Contents:
Women, men, and spirits. Zar ; Possession, marriage, and fertility ; Zaineb and Umselima : possession as a family idiom ; Hosts and spirits -- Allegories of the spirit world. The parallel universe ; Two ceremonies ; Arrivals : allegory and otherness.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction HQ1793.5.B64 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923000744470

The human world. Departures ; Enclosures ; Boundaries and indeterminacies -- Women, men, and spirits. Zar ; Possession, marriage, and fertility ; Zaineb and Umselima : possession as a family idiom ; Hosts and spirits -- Allegories of the spirit world. The parallel universe ; Two ceremonies ; Arrivals : allegory and otherness.

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