Spirit possession and personhood among the Kel Ewey Tuareg:
Among the Tuareg people in the Air Mountain region of Niger, women are sometimes possessed by spirits called "the people of solitude." The evening curing rituals of the possessed, featuring drumming and song, take place before an audience of young men and women, who joke and flirt as the r...
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| Schriftenreihe: | Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology
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| Zusammenfassung: | Among the Tuareg people in the Air Mountain region of Niger, women are sometimes possessed by spirits called "the people of solitude." The evening curing rituals of the possessed, featuring drumming and song, take place before an audience of young men and women, who joke and flirt as the ritual unfolds. In her analysis of this tolerated but unofficial cult, Susan Rasmussen analyses symbolism and aesthetic values, provides case studies of possessed women, and reviews what local people think about the meaning of possession. |
| Beschreibung: | XI, 178 S. |
| ISBN: | 0521470072 |
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| adam_text | SPIRIT POSSESSION AND
PERSONHOOD AMONG THE
KEL EWEY TUAREG
SUSAN J RASMUSSEN
University of Houston
I CAMBRIDGE
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Contents
Acknowledgments page ix
Introduction 1
1 Illnesses of the heart and soul: the case of Asalama 11
PART I Images of possession
2 Inversion and other tropes in spirit possession rituals 25
3 Like a tree branch swaying in the wind: the head dance 58
4 Illnesses of God: personhood, knowledge, and healing 78
PART II Art, agency, and power in the ritual sessions
5 Sound, solitude, and music 109
6 The tdnde n goumaten songs 131
Conclusions 145
Notes 158
References 165
Index 171
VI1
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