Spirit Possession, Modernity and Power in Africa
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Africa
Author_Ute Luig
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Class
Cults
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Ethnicity
Gender
Modernity
Power
Religious experience
Socio-economy
Spirit possession
Product details
- ISBN 9780852552582
- Weight: 312g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 16 Dec 1999
- Publisher: James Currey
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Focuses on questions of power, the history and inner dynamics of cults, and images of the other.
The articles in this book make valuable contributions to the literature of African religious experience. The majority of the pieces are based on research conducted in the last 10 to 15 years, and are therefore positioned to document changes taking place across the continent as possession beliefs and practices respond to new circumstances and address the shifting local implications of an increasingly global socio-economy. Gender, ethnicity, and class are rightly presented as intersecting forces and features of spirit phenomena. The case studies presented are richly contextualized: history, social organization and upheaval, alternative religious options where applicable - all are considered relevant to an understanding of possession forms.' - Janice Boddy, University of Toronto
Uganda: Fountain Publishers
