Fulbe Voices - Marriage, Islam, and Medicine in Northern Cameroon

Though sharing many terms of debate, Fulbe persons passionately argue about Muslim ideals and 'pagan' practices, about Fulbe tradition and national reform, and about local histories and global flows. In Fulbe culture, social worlds are articulated and transformed through narrative and embodied performance.

List of contents

Series Editor Preface -- Introduction -- Fulbeness, History, and Cultural Pluralism -- Pulaaku and Embodiment in Everyday Life -- On Cheap Cloth, Bad Sauce, and the Fragility of Marriage -- Forging Islamic Manhood -- Dangerous Affections: Mothers and Infants -- Intimate Others: Cannibal Witches and Spirits -- Domaayo and the World Bank -- Conclusion

About the author

Regis, Helen A.

Summary

Though sharing many terms of debate, Fulbe persons passionately argue about Muslim ideals and 'pagan' practices, about Fulbe tradition and national reform, and about local histories and global flows. In Fulbe culture, social worlds are articulated and transformed through narrative and embodied performance.

Product details

• Authors: Helen Regis, Helen A Regis, Helen A. Regis
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.07.2002
• EAN: 9780813338163
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-3816-3
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Case Studies in Anthropology
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Kamerun, Ethnic Studies, Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General