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An ethnography depicting Songhay possession ceremonies, and recreating the reality of spirit presences. In this book, the voices... Læs mere
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Blending ethnographic description with social analysis, Stoller shows how West African entrepreneurs have built cohesive and effective multinational trading networks in New York. Their stories illuminate ongoing debates about globalisation.
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Bemærk: Kan ikke leveres før jul.
Offers a book about Yaya Harouna, a Songhay trader originally from Niger who found a path to America. Combining memoir, ethnography, and philosophy through a series of interconnected narratives, this title tells a story of remarkable friendship and the quest for well-being.
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"An ingeniously constructed springboard for a criticism of anthropology."--
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Challenges social theorists and cultural critics who, using the notion of embodiment to critique Eurocentric and phallocentric predispositions in scholarly thought, consider the body... Læs mere
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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.
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul.
Bemærk: Kan ikke leveres før jul.
Bemærk: Kan ikke leveres før jul.
Bemærk: Kan ikke leveres før jul.
Blending ethnographic description with social analysis, Stoller shows how West African entrepreneurs have built cohesive and effective multinational trading networks in New York. Their stories illuminate ongoing debates about globalisation.
Bemærk: Kan ikke leveres før jul.
This ethnographic novel follows the life of Omar Dia, the oldest son of a West African sorcerer. When his father falls ill and dies, the... Læs mere