Prayer has spoiled everything : possession, power, and identity in an Islamic town of Niger
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Adeline Masquelier
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Durham, NC
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: Duke University Press
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, 2001.
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xix, 348 p.
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: ill.
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Code E.Book: 3277
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Index
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Bori, power, and identity in Dogondoutchi -- Lost rituals : changing topographies of spirit/human interactions -- Socializing the spirits -- The everyday life of bori : knowledge, embodiment, and quotidian practice -- Kinesthetic appropriation and embodied knowledge : Baboule spirits and the making of value -- Taking hold of the kasuwa : the ritual economy of bori in the market -- The mirrors of Maria : sweetness, sexuality, and dangerous consumption -- Lightning, death, and the politics of truth : the spirits of rain