Additionally, the spirit world acts as a foil for village life in the context of rapid historical change and as such provides a focus for cultural resistance that is particularly, though not exclusively, relevant to women. She suggests that spirit possession is a feminist discourse, though a veiled and allegorical one, on women's objectification and subordination. Janice Boddy examines the moral universe of the village, discussing female circumcision, personhood, kinship, and bodily integrity, then describes the workings of the cult and the effect of possession on the lives of men as well as women. In accommodating the spirits, the women are able metaphorically to reformulate everyday discourse to portray consciousness of their own subordination. Wombs and Alien Spirits At the center of this subtle ethnographic account of the Haya communities of Northwest Tanzania is the idea of a lived world as both the product and the producer of everyday practices. Through the woman, the spirit makes demands upon her husband and family and makes provocative comments on village issues, such as the increasing influence of formal Islam or encroaching Western economic domination. Access Free Wombs And Alien Spirits Women Men And The Zar Cult In Northern Sudan New Directions In. Adherents of the cult are usually women with marital or fertility problems, who are possessed by spirits very different from their own proscribed roles as mothers. OL18346284W Page_number_confidence 85.98 Pages 430 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.8 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210304161209 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 379 Scandate 20210228005304 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog claremont Scribe3_search_id 10017040877 Tts_version 4.Based on nearly two years of ethnographic fieldwork in a Muslim village in northern Sudan, Wombs and Alien Spirits explores the zâr cult, the most widely practiced traditional healing cult in Africa. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:01:05 Boxid IA40069716 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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