Fr. 170.00

Where Humans and Spirits Meets

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Zusatztext "? a fascinating account of spirit possession in Zanzibar?[that] contributes to and sheds new light on debates on ethnicity! identity! and gender? Its particular value lies in its excellent ethnographic data! which demonstrate the author's deep knowledge of Zanzibari society and its interconnections with the wider world! both 'East' and 'West'! and highlight the value of long-term ethnographic fieldwork. "   ·  JRAI " Kjersti Larsen's book raises significant anthropological questions about much writing on spirit possession in Africa?Larsen's work makes important and detailed considerations of [the] problem [of  racial identity]! perhaps more sensitively than many others ."   ·  Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale " ?a sensitive and rich portrayal of the phenomenon of spirit possession in Zanzibar Town. "   ·  American Ethnologist "[The author] provides a sensitive account of people's experiences of possession and the ways in which they relate to their spirits. It is refreshing to read an account like this in which some of the uncertainties and differences of opinion about spirit possession are highlighted."   ·  Tanzanian Affairs "Written as a reflexive and phenomenological account! and organized into nine short chapters! the book traverses theoretical terrain in ways that challenge theories that reduce spirit possession to an effect of social marginality."   ·  Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale Informationen zum Autor Kjersti Larsen is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology and African Studies at the Department of Ethnography, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo. She has carried out fieldwork in Zanzibar since 1984 and since 1997 has also conducted fieldwork in Northern Sudan. Klappentext Zanzibar, an island off the East African coast, with its Muslim and Swahili population, offers rich material for this study of identity, religion, and multiculturalism. This book focuses on the phenomenon of spirit possession in Zanzibar Town and the relationships created between humans and spirits; it provides a way to apprehend how society is constituted and conceived and, thus, discusses Zanzibari understandings of what it means to be human. Zusammenfassung Zanzibar, an island off the East African coast, with its Muslim and Swahili population, offers rich material for this study of identity, religion, and multiculturalism. This book focuses on the phenomenon of spirit possession in Zanzibar Town and the relationships created between humans and spirits; it provides a way to apprehend how society... Inhaltsverzeichnis Map of the Western Indian Ocean Preface and Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Introduction Considering perspectives on spirit possession The fieldwork: people, engagement and context The fieldwork: ritual participation Performance, meaning and reflexivity Ritual, communication and enactment Knowledge, experience and forms of negotiation The book Chapter 2. Introduction to Zanzibar: the place, its politics and organization A view of the past and the present Identity, social privileges and political reorganization A plural society Gender, distinctions and effects in everyday and ritual life Gender, ritual participation and knowledge Chapter 3. Spirits, possession and personhood The position of spirits Spirits are beings with a worldly existence Spirit possession and practices Personhood, notions of strength and self-control Experiencing spirits C...

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