Parallel worlds : humans, spirits, and ZAR possession in rural northern Sudan

This thesis concerns the cultural meanings of zar spirit possession in Hofriyat, a Northern Sudanese village. It begins with an interpretive analysis of the Hofriyati everyday world, showing village kinship, marriage, and prevalent customs such as female circumcision to be informed by a common idiom...

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Main Author: Boddy, Janice Patricia
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/23461