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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

Comparative ReligionAnthropology

ISBN10: 0521470072
ISBN13: 9780521470070
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Feb 16 1995
Pages: 196
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.56 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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