Embodying Colonial Memories: Spirit Possession, Power, and the Hauka in West Africa

by Paul Stoller

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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) mediums which mimic and mock Europeans of the colonial epoch. Paul Stoller,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415908779

ISBN13:9780415908771

Release Date:October 1995

Publisher:Routledge

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.7" x 8.4"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Politics & Social Sciences Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Social Science Social Sciences Sociology

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