{"product_id":"sudanese-zar-ṭumbura-cult","title":"Sudanese Zār Ṭumbura Cult","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a historically sensitive ethnography of the \u003ci\u003ezār ṭumbura \u003c\/i\u003espirit possession cult, associated with descendants of African slaves who live mainly in the area of Greater Khartoum, Sudan. It considers the history and transformations of \u003ci\u003eṭumbura\u003c\/i\u003e, from the 19th-century slaving era to the present post-Islamist autocracy. The chapters examine the \u003ci\u003eṭumbura\u003c\/i\u003e spiritual universe and ceremonial life, its relation to the more popular female cult of \u003ci\u003ezār borē \u003c\/i\u003eand to other now extinct forms of celebrating the \u003ci\u003ezār \u003c\/i\u003espirit(s), as well as \u003ci\u003eṭumbura’s \u003c\/i\u003ecombination of possession, sorcery, ancestor worship and \u003ci\u003eṣūfī \u003c\/i\u003epiety. Based on long-term fieldwork, the study shows how successive generations of subaltern cult devotees construct a positive self-identity based on an alternative reading of Sudanese history. The author explores the edges of Sudanese Islamic religiosity and probes the limits of anthropological classifications concerning religious experience. Situating \u003ci\u003eṭumbura\u003c\/i\u003e in its wider context, the book discusses subaltern modes of historicity in their articulation with dominant conceptions of history, traces the legacy of slavery and the role of memory and invites comparisons with Middle Eastern, Sahelian and even New World societies regarding stigmatised identities, slavery, race, memory and history. It will be of interest to scholars of anthropology, history, religious studies, Islamic studies and African studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54253605618008,"sku":"9781032394039","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032394039_e0b1eec9-a47f-465e-81a2-a2eae33ce421.jpg?v=1768374936","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/sudanese-zar-%e1%b9%adumbura-cult","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}