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Embodying Colonial Memories: Spirit Possession, Power and the Hauka in West Africa
Embodying Colonial Memories Spirit Possession Power and the Hauka in West Africa
Author: Paul Stoller
A study of the West African Hauka - spirits that grotesquely mimic and mock "Europeans" of the colonial epoch. The author considers spirit possession as a set of embodied practices with serious social and cultural consequences. Embodying Colonial Memories is the first in-depth study of the West African Hauka, spirits in the body of (human) mediu...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780415908764
ISBN-10: 0415908760
Publication Date: 9/27/1995
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Library Binding
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