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238 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780415908771
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 27 September 1995
Description
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 ...
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238 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780415908771
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 27 September 1995
Description
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 ...