عنوان

A Look at Cowry Shell Divination and a Spirit Possession Ritual Within a Muslim Community in Dakar

Number

TL49994

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

A Look at Cowry Shell Divination and a Spirit Possession Ritual Within a Muslim Community in Dakar

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Emilie K. Chappatte

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Irving, Andrew

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

The University of Manchester (United Kingdom)

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2015

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

48

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=9781083536211

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.Phil.

Body granting the degree

The University of Manchester (United Kingdom)

Text preceding or following the note

2015

Text of Note

This research is the result of an investigation into local cultural practices and beliefs in the urban setting that is Dakar, capital of the West African country of Senegal. It has culminated into the production of a documentary and accompanying thesis. This companion text serves to offer a detailed ethnographic account of the fieldwork conducted and an analytical framework to some of the questions raised in the film. Cowry shell divination and ndop healing rituals in Dakar are two traditional practices that are proscribed by orthodox Islam but that have adapted to a modern urban environment. With a particular focus on both these customs, this research seeks to explore the meeting of Sufi Islam and what we might call animism as evident in the quotidian life of religious Dakarois. The city presents itself as a setting where one can affirm one's Muslim identity while maintaining a traditional African heritage that has been adapted to a modern environment. Rather than considering animist practices in the city as subversive to Islamic faith, the fieldwork focuses on the function of two distinct esoteric practices in the city and their interrelation with Sufi mysticism, in an attempt to understand the dual belonging of individuals, to both local traditional practices and to the monotheist religion that is Islam.The 40-minute documentary can be viewed through the link below: http://vimeo.com.ezphost.dur.ac.uk/107555114 ; Password: Dakar: Syncretism

Cultural anthropology

Subject Term

(UMI)AAI10857417;Social sciences

Karaoglu, Seyda Nur

Irving, Andrew

The University of Manchester (United Kingdom)

Call Number

2158335227; 10857417

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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