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Embodying colonial memories : spirit possession, power, and the Hauka in West Africa / Paul Stoller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stoller, Paul
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Songhai (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.
- Songhai (African people).
- Songhai (African people)--Religion.
- Songhai (African people)--Psychology.
- Spirit possession--Niger--Niamey (Department)--History.
- Spirit possession.
- Cults--Niger--Niamey (Department).
- Cults.
- History.
- Niger--Niamey (Department).
- Niamey (Niger : Department)--Religious life and customs.
- Niamey (Niger : Department).
- Niamey (Niger : Department)--Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 226 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 1995.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Prologue: Diplomacy on a dune
- Spirit possession
- Cultural memory
- Embodied memories: mimesis and spirit possession
- From first contacts to military partition
- Colonizing West Africa
- Embodied oppositions
- Colonizing Niger
- The birth of the Hauka Movement
- Transgressing to the Gold Coast
- Independence and the postcolony of Niger
- Peasant and Hauka in Niger's postcolony
- The Hauka and the government of General Seyni Kountche
- Epilogue: memory, power, and spirit possession.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781315021669
- 1315021668
- Publisher Number:
- 99985894165
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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