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Author Kenyon, Susan M.

Title Spirits and slaves in central Sudan [electronic resource] : the red wind of Sennar / Susan M. Kenyon.

Imprint New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxvii, 282 p. : ill.
Series Contemporary anthropology of religion
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-270) and index.
Contents Background -- Remembering spirits and Sufis in central Sudan -- House of Zainab -- Ottoman ranks -- Colonialism and colonization -- Independence, Islamism and modernity -- House of spirits -- World of red spirits -- Nations of spirits -- Serving the spirits -- Dealing with power -- Bargaining with power -- Pirits at play -- Sacrifice -- Not a moment to lose -- Slavery remembered: lessons from the Zar -- Glossary of Arabic terms.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Spirit possession -- Sudan -- Sennar.
Zar -- Sudan -- Sennar.
Slavery -- Sudan -- Sennar.
Sennar (Sudan) -- Religion.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781137027498 (alk. paper)
9781137027504 (e-book)

 
    
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