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Spirits and Slaves in Central Sudan : The Red Wind of Sennar / by Susan M. Kenyon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kenyon, Susan M.
- Series:
- Contemporary Anthropology of Religion, 2946-3483
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropology.
- Ethnology.
- Religion and sociology.
- Spirituality.
- Sociocultural Anthropology.
- Sociology of Religion.
- Local Subjects:
- Anthropology.
- Sociocultural Anthropology.
- Sociology of Religion.
- Spirituality.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (315 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This historical ethnography from Central Sudan explores the century-old intertwining of zar , spirit possession, with past lives of ex-slaves and shows that, despite very different social and cultural contexts, zar has continued to be shaped by the experience of slavery.
- Contents:
- Background
- Remembering spirits and Sufis in central Sudan
- House of Zainab
- Ottoman ranks
- Colonialism and colonization
- Independence, Islamism and modernity
- House of spirits
- World of red spirits
- Nations of spirits
- Serving the spirits
- Dealing with power
- Bargaining with power
- Pirits at play
- Sacrifice
- Not a moment to lose
- Slavery remembered: lessons from the Zar
- Glossary of Arabic terms.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-270) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781299261938
- 1299261930
- 9781137027504
- 1137027509
- OCLC:
- 829459973
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