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Spirit Possession and Personhood Among the Kel Ewey Tuareg

Spirit Possession and Personhood Among the Kel Ewey Tuareg

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Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Book 94

Religion General Anthropology

ISBN10: 052102577X
ISBN13: 9780521025775
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Apr 20 2006
Pages: 196
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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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