Prayer Has Spoiled Everything - Possession, Power, and Identity in an Islamic Town of Niger

"With its rich primary data about bori, its creativity and freshness, "Prayer Has Spoiled Everything" will be of enormous interest to Africanists and to religion scholars of many types."--Karen McCarthy Brown, author of "Mama Lola: A Voodou Priestess in Brooklyn"

Sommario

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

List of Terms

Introduction

1. Bori, Power, and Identity in Dogondoutchi

2. Lost Rituals: Changing Topographies of Spirit/Human Interactions

3. Socializing the Spirit

4. The Everyday Life of Bori: Knowledge, Embodiment, and Quotidian Practice

5. Kinesthetic Appropriation and Embodied Knowledge: Babou Spirits and the Making of Value

6. Taking Hold of the Kasuwa; The Ritual Economy of Bori in the Market

7. The Mirrors of Maria: Sweetness, Sexuality, and Dangerous Consumption

8. Lightning, Death, and the Politics of Truth: The Spirits of Rain

Conclusion: Continuities and Discontinuities in Bori

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Info autore

Adeline Masquelier

Riassunto

Bori are mischievous and invisible beings that populate the bush. Bori is also the practice of taming these forces in the context of possession ceremonies. This book offers an account of how this phenomenon intervenes in human lives, providing meaning for Mawri peasants confronted with cultural contradictions and socio-economic marginalisation.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Adeline Masquelier, MASQUELIER, Adeline Masquelier
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.03.2001
• EAN: 9780822326335
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2633-5
• Pagine: 368
• Peso: 907 g
• Serie: Body, Commodity, Text: Studies; Body, Commodity, Text: Studies
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali