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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Background
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The House of Zainab: Slavery, Colonialism, and Islamism in Historical Perspective
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The House of Spirits
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Dealing with Power
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Not a Moment to Lose
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
"Although Zar is a well-documented cultural movement, this treatment is particularly rich in ethnographic detail and local voices . . . the book is an important addition to that specialized literature. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students/faculty." - CHOICE
"As an intimate and sensitive portrayal of how zar is lived and remains relevant over time as part of local histories, Kenyon's book is a significant achievement and an important contribution to research on lineage, ritual knowledge, religious institutions and change, and historical ethnography more generally." - Society for the Anthropology of Religion
"The fruit of decades of anthropological fieldwork with a set of families in Sennar, Spirits and Slaves in Central Sudan is a valuable ethnohistorical resource. This is a rich and rewarding ethnography, beautifully written and highly accessible. It is a welcome addition to the literature on Sudan, on zar, and on Sudanese women." - Janice Boddy, Professor and Chair of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Canada
"When Sudan figures in the news, reports are inevitably confined to chronic civil war, famine, and religious strife. This lively account from one of the field's leading authorities on zar spirit possession offers a wonderfully refreshing antidote. Kenyon's meticulous work deciphers the intertwined yet obscured histories of women and zar spirits in the town of Sennar. This is indeed a detailed subaltern history, as recounted through the stories and actions of remarkable women, and recorded by a truly gifted ethnographer." - Lesley Sharp, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Anthropology, Barnard College, USA
About the author
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Spirits and Slaves in Central Sudan
Book Subtitle: The Red Wind of Sennar
Authors: Susan M. Kenyon
Series Title: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137027504
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Susan M. Kenyon 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-02749-8Published: 14 September 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-53479-8Published: 30 June 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-02750-4Published: 13 September 2012
Series ISSN: 2946-3475
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3483
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXII, 282
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Sociology of Religion, Social Anthropology, Social Aspects of Religion, Spirituality