Spirits and Slaves in Central Sudan The Red Wind of Sennar /
This historical ethnography from Central Sudan explores the century-old intertwining of zar , spirit possession, with past lives of ex-slaves and shows that, despite very different social and cultural contexts, zar has continued to be shaped by the experience of slavery.
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Main Author: | Kenyon, Susan M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut) |
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Corporate Author: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2012.
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2012. |
Series: | Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137027504 |
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