Where humans and spirits meet : the politics of rituals and identified spirits in Zanzibar / Kjersti Larsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larsen, Kjersti.

Series:

Social identities ; v. 5.

Social identities ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Tanzania--Zanzibar.

Ethnology.

Tribes--Tanzania--Zanzibar.

Tribes.

Kinship--Tanzania--Zanzibar.

Kinship.

Spirit possession--Tanzania--Zanzibar.

Spirit possession.

Familiars (Spirits)--Tanzania--Zanzibar.

Familiars (Spirits).

Ritual--Tanzania--Zanzibar.

Ritual.

Zanzibar (Zanzibar)--Religious life and customs.

Zanzibar (Zanzibar).

Zanzibar (Zanzibar)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Zanzibar, an island off the East African coast, with its Muslim and Swahili population, offers rich material for this study of identity, religion, and multiculturalism. This book focuses on the phenomenon of spirit possession in Zanzibar Town and the relationships created between humans and spirits; it provides a way to apprehend how society is constituted and conceived and, thus, discusses Zanzibari understandings of what it means to be human.

Contents:

Title page-Where Humans and Spirits Meet; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; CH 1-Introduction; CH 2-Introduction to Zanzibar; CH 3-Spirits, possession and personhood; CH 4-MAkabila, people and spirits; CH 5-Human concerns, spirits and recreation of relationships; CH 6-Between self and other; CH 7-Gender; CH 8-Women, men and gendered spirits; CH 9-Conclusions; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-170) and index.

ISBN:

9786612626951

9781282626959

1282626957

9780857450562

0857450565

OCLC:

605353252