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Informationen zum Autor Susan Rasmussen is professor of anthropology in the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Houston. Her interests include anthropology of religion, medico-ritual healing and healing specialists, gender, and aging and the life course. She is also interested in rural and urban artisans, verbal art performance, ethnographic analysis, culture theory, and African humanities. She has published four books and many articles based on data from her long-term field research in Tuareg communities of northern Niger and Mali, and more briefly among Tuareg and other Berber (Amazigh) expatriates, immigrants, and travelers in France and the United States. Klappentext This book examines alleged "superhuman" powers associated with smith/artisans in five African societies. It discusses their ritual and social roles, mythico-histories, and changing relationships between specialists and patrons. Zusammenfassung This book examines alleged “superhuman” powers associated with smith/artisans in five African societies. It discusses their ritual and social roles, mythico-histories, and changing relationships between specialists and patrons. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1 Tezma Power and Tuareg Inaden Smith/ArtisansChapter 2 Inaden Origins, Histories, and Professional PracticesChapter 3 Powers, Tensions, and MediationsChapter 4 Q'alb Power and Amhara Buda/Tayb Smith/ArtisansChapter 5 Echar Power and Bidan M'Allemin Smith/ArtisansChapter 6 Beshengu Power and Kapsiki Rerhe Smith/ArtisansChapter 7 Nyama Power and Mande Nyamakala Smith/ArtisansConclusionsBibliographyIndexAuthor Biography

Product details

• Authors: Susan Rasmussen, Susan J. Rasmussen
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2015
• EAN: 9780761865926
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6592-6
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Sociology: customs & traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Black & Asian Studies, Tribal religions, Indigenous, ethnic and folk religions and spiritual beliefs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, RELIGION / Folk & Tribal