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Women and demons : cult healing in Islamic Egypt / by Gerda Sengers.
Van Pelt Library BF1275.F3 S463 2003
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Penn Museum Library BF1275.F3 S463 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sengers, Gerda.
- Series:
- International studies in sociology and social anthropology 0074-8684 ; v. 86.
- International studies in sociology and social anthropology, 0074-8684 ; v. 86
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spiritual healing--Egypt.
- Spiritual healing.
- Healing--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Healing.
- Zār--Egypt.
- Zār.
- Women--Egypt--Cairo--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Social conditions.
- Egypt--Cairo.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 302 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
- Summary:
- Drawing upon her anthropological fieldwork in various poor neighbourhoods in Cairo, the author shows the resilience of poor women in the face of poverty. Beliefs about demons that invade the body and thereby cause illness derive from 'formal' as well as 'popular' Islam. Affected women find relief in the Zar ceremony or in a session of Koran healing.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [280]-294) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9004127712
- OCLC:
- 50479243
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