Wombs and Alien Spirits : Women, Men, and the Zar Cult in Northern Sudan.
Boddy, Janice.
Wombs and Alien Spirits : Women, Men, and the Zar Cult in Northern Sudan. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (425 pages) - New Directions in Anthropological Writing Series . - New Directions in Anthropological Writing Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Glossary -- Prologue -- Part 1: The Human World -- Chapter 1: Departures -- Chapter 2: Enclosures -- Chapter 3: Boundaries and Indeterminacies -- Part 2: Women, Men, and Spirits -- Chapter 4: Zār -- Chapter 5: Possession, Marriage, and Fertility -- Chapter 6: Zaineb and Umselima: Possession as a Family Idiom -- Chapter 7: Hosts and Spirits -- Part 3: Allegories of the Spirit World -- Chapter 8: The Parallel Universe -- Chapter 9: Two Ceremonies -- Chapter 10: Arrivals: Allegory and Otherness -- References -- Index.
9780299123130
Muslim women-Sudan.
Zār-Sudan.
Islamic marriage customs and rites-Sudan.
Spirit possession-Sudan.
Sex customs-Sudan.
Electronic books.
HQ1793
Wombs and Alien Spirits : Women, Men, and the Zar Cult in Northern Sudan. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (425 pages) - New Directions in Anthropological Writing Series . - New Directions in Anthropological Writing Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Glossary -- Prologue -- Part 1: The Human World -- Chapter 1: Departures -- Chapter 2: Enclosures -- Chapter 3: Boundaries and Indeterminacies -- Part 2: Women, Men, and Spirits -- Chapter 4: Zār -- Chapter 5: Possession, Marriage, and Fertility -- Chapter 6: Zaineb and Umselima: Possession as a Family Idiom -- Chapter 7: Hosts and Spirits -- Part 3: Allegories of the Spirit World -- Chapter 8: The Parallel Universe -- Chapter 9: Two Ceremonies -- Chapter 10: Arrivals: Allegory and Otherness -- References -- Index.
9780299123130
Muslim women-Sudan.
Zār-Sudan.
Islamic marriage customs and rites-Sudan.
Spirit possession-Sudan.
Sex customs-Sudan.
Electronic books.
HQ1793