Women and demons : : cult healing in Islamic Egypt /

Women and demons : : cult healing in Islamic Egypt / / by Gerda Sengers.

This rich ethnographic study describes the nearly impossible challenge of the daily existence of women in the poor neighbourhoods of Cairo. When these women fall ill they often put the blame on beings from an invisible world that invaded their body (possession), and they seek the help of traditional...

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Superior document:International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; 86
VerfasserIn:
Sengers, Gerda,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2003]
©2003
Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
Series:International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; 86.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Transcription and Pronunciation of the Arabic Script
  • I. Living and Working in Cairo
  • Research
  • Cairo
  • The structure of this book
  • II. Local Cosmology
  • Aspects of contemporary cosmology
  • Influences
  • Jinn and other non-human beings
  • Magic
  • Aspects of Islamic methods of healing
  • III. Anthropological Approaches to Possession and Healing
  • Research into possession
  • Zar Research
  • My own research
  • IV. The Zar
  • General description
  • Interpretation: zar as transition rite
  • V. Koran Healing
  • General description
  • Men, jinn and magic
  • Interpretation: Koran healing as transition rite
  • VI. Possession as a Central Element in Local Cosmology
  • Vulnerability
  • Semotiotic Structure
  • Zar and Koran healing
  • VII. A Kaleidoscopic Picture of Egyptian Society
  • Fatiha
  • Salma
  • Umm Mustafa
  • Umm Harbi
  • Iman
  • Huda
  • Reda' (and others): visit of the jinn
  • VIII. Concluding observations
  • Appendix.

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