Prayer has spoiled everything : possession, power, and identity in an Islamic town of Niger
/ Adeline Masquelier
Durham, NC
: Duke University Press
, 2001.
xix, 348 p.
: ill.
Body, commodity, text
Code E.Book: 3277
Index
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