| Where Humans and Spirits Meet: The Politics of Rituals and Identified Spirits in Zanzibar Contributor(s): Larsen, Kjersti (Author) |
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ISBN: 1845450558 ISBN-13: 9781845450557 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Body, Mind & Spirit | Spiritualism - General - Religion - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 133.909 |
| LCCN: 2008014698 |
| Series: Social Identities |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.92 lbs) 184 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - New Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Larsen, Kjersti: - 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. |