wyszukanych pozycji: 10
Prayer Has Spoiled Everything: Possession, Power, and Identity in an Islamic Town of Niger
ISBN: 9780822326335 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Bori are mischievous and invisible beings that populate the bush. Bori is also the practice of taming these forces in the context of possession ceremonies. This book offers an account of how this phenomenon intervenes in human lives, providing meaning for Mawri peasants confronted with cultural contradictions and socio-economic marginalisation.
Bori are mischievous and invisible beings that populate the bush. Bori is also the practice of taming these forces in the context of possession ceremo...
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486,87 zł |
Dirt, Undress, and Difference: Critical Perspectives on the Body's Surface
ISBN: 9780253217837 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "A magnificent volume It offers brand new perspectives on body politics and identity or subjectivity formation in the post-colonial world." --Dorothy Ko, Barnard College While there is widespread interest in dress and hygiene as vehicles of cultural, moral, and political value, little scholarly attention has been paid to cross-cultural understandings of dirt and undress, despite their equally important role in the fashioning of identity and difference. The essays in this absorbing and thought-provoking collection contribute new insights into the neglected topics of bodily treatments... "A magnificent volume It offers brand new perspectives on body politics and identity or subjectivity formation in the post-colonial world." --Doro... |
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114,28 zł |
In the Meantime: Toward an Anthropology of the Possible
ISBN: 9781800738867 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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514,50 zł |
Women and Islamic Revival in a West African Town
ISBN: 9780253215130 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In the small town of Dogondoutchi, Niger, Malam Awal, a charismatic Sufi preacher, was recruited by local Muslim leaders to denounce the practices of reformist Muslims. Malam Awal's message has been viewed as a mixed blessing by Muslim women who have seen new definitions of Islam and Muslim practice impact their place and role in society. This study follows the career of Malam Awal and documents the engagement of women in the religious debates that are refashioning their everyday lives. Adeline Masquelier reveals how these women have had to define Islam on their own terms, especially as a... In the small town of Dogondoutchi, Niger, Malam Awal, a charismatic Sufi preacher, was recruited by local Muslim leaders to denounce the practices ... |
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119,48 zł |
Fada: Boredom and Belonging in Niger
ISBN: 9780226624204 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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426,70 zł |
Fada: Boredom and Belonging in Niger
ISBN: 9780226624341 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. By considering the fada as a site of experimentation, Masquelier offers a nuanced depiction of how young men in urban Niger engage in the quest for recognition and reinvent their own masculinity in the absence of conventional avenues to self-realization.
By considering the fada as a site of experimentation, Masquelier offers a nuanced depiction of how young men in urban Niger engage in the quest for re...
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142,23 zł |
Prayer Has Spoiled Everything: Possession, Power, and Identity in an Islamic Town of Niger
ISBN: 9780822326397 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Bori, in the Mawri society of Niger, are mischievous and invisible beings that populate the bush. Bori is also the practice of taming these wild forces in the context of possession ceremonies. In "Prayer Has Spoiled Everything" Adeline Masquelier offers an account of how this phenomenon intervenes--sometimes subtly, sometimes dramatically--in human lives, providing a constantly renewed source of meaning for Mawri peasants confronted with cultural contradictions and socio-economic marginalization.
To explore the role of bori possession in local definitions of history, power, and... Bori, in the Mawri society of Niger, are mischievous and invisible beings that populate the bush. Bori is also the practice of taming these wild force...
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168,98 zł |
Critical Terms for the Study of Africa
ISBN: 9780226548975 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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153,17 zł |
Critical Terms for the Study of Africa
ISBN: 9780226548838 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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459,52 zł |
Muslim Youth and the 9/11 Generation
ISBN: 9780826356987 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A new cohort of Muslim youth has arisen since the attacks of 9/11, facilitated by the proliferation of recent communication technologies and the Internet. By focusing on these young people as a heterogeneous global cohort, the contributors to this volume who draw from a variety of disciplines show how the study of Muslim youth at this particular historical juncture is relevant to thinking about the anthropology of youth, the anthropology of Islamic and Muslim societies, and the post-9/11 world more generally. These scholars focus on young Muslims in a variety of settings in Asia, Africa,... A new cohort of Muslim youth has arisen since the attacks of 9/11, facilitated by the proliferation of recent communication technologies and the In... |
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243,56 zł |