Boddy, Janice. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780299123130 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Muslim women-Sudan.<br/>Zār-Sudan.<br/>Islamic marriage customs and rites-Sudan.<br/>Spirit possession-Sudan.<br/>Sex customs-Sudan.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1793