Where Humans and Spirits Meet : : The Politics of Rituals and Identified Spirits in Zanzibar / / Kjersti Larsen.

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;...

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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Map of the Western Indian Ocean -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 INTRODUCTION TO ZANZIBAR: THE PLACE, ITS POLITICS AND ORGANIZATION -- 3 SPIRITS, POSSESSION AND PERSONHOOD -- 4 MAKABILA, PEOPLE AND SPIRITS -- 5 HUMAN CONCERNS, SPIRITS AND RECREATION OF RELATIONSHIPS -- 6 BETWEEN SELF AND OTHER: BODY AND MIND -- 7 GENDER: RELATIONS, MARKERS AND SEXUALITY -- 8 WOMEN, MEN AND GENDERED SPIRITS -- 9 CONCLUSIONS: SOCIAL IDENTITIES AND DRAMATIZATION OF THE OTHER -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
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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.
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Ethnology Tanzania Zanzibar.
Familiars (Spirits) Tanzania Zanzibar.
Kinship Tanzania Zanzibar.
Ritual Tanzania Zanzibar.
Spirit possession Tanzania Zanzibar.
Tribes Tanzania Zanzibar.
RELIGION / General. bisacsh
Anthropology of Religion, Anthropology (General), Performance Studies.
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Social Identities ;
Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
Map of the Western Indian Ocean --
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --
1 INTRODUCTION --
2 INTRODUCTION TO ZANZIBAR: THE PLACE, ITS POLITICS AND ORGANIZATION --
3 SPIRITS, POSSESSION AND PERSONHOOD --
4 MAKABILA, PEOPLE AND SPIRITS --
5 HUMAN CONCERNS, SPIRITS AND RECREATION OF RELATIONSHIPS --
6 BETWEEN SELF AND OTHER: BODY AND MIND --
7 GENDER: RELATIONS, MARKERS AND SEXUALITY --
8 WOMEN, MEN AND GENDERED SPIRITS --
9 CONCLUSIONS: SOCIAL IDENTITIES AND DRAMATIZATION OF THE OTHER --
GLOSSARY --
BIBLIOGRAPHY --
INDEX
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title_full Where Humans and Spirits Meet : The Politics of Rituals and Identified Spirits in Zanzibar / Kjersti Larsen.
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title_alt Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
Map of the Western Indian Ocean --
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --
1 INTRODUCTION --
2 INTRODUCTION TO ZANZIBAR: THE PLACE, ITS POLITICS AND ORGANIZATION --
3 SPIRITS, POSSESSION AND PERSONHOOD --
4 MAKABILA, PEOPLE AND SPIRITS --
5 HUMAN CONCERNS, SPIRITS AND RECREATION OF RELATIONSHIPS --
6 BETWEEN SELF AND OTHER: BODY AND MIND --
7 GENDER: RELATIONS, MARKERS AND SEXUALITY --
8 WOMEN, MEN AND GENDERED SPIRITS --
9 CONCLUSIONS: SOCIAL IDENTITIES AND DRAMATIZATION OF THE OTHER --
GLOSSARY --
BIBLIOGRAPHY --
INDEX
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contents Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
Map of the Western Indian Ocean --
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --
1 INTRODUCTION --
2 INTRODUCTION TO ZANZIBAR: THE PLACE, ITS POLITICS AND ORGANIZATION --
3 SPIRITS, POSSESSION AND PERSONHOOD --
4 MAKABILA, PEOPLE AND SPIRITS --
5 HUMAN CONCERNS, SPIRITS AND RECREATION OF RELATIONSHIPS --
6 BETWEEN SELF AND OTHER: BODY AND MIND --
7 GENDER: RELATIONS, MARKERS AND SEXUALITY --
8 WOMEN, MEN AND GENDERED SPIRITS --
9 CONCLUSIONS: SOCIAL IDENTITIES AND DRAMATIZATION OF THE OTHER --
GLOSSARY --
BIBLIOGRAPHY --
INDEX
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