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Wombs andAlien Spirits

New Directions in Anthropological Writing

History, Poetics, Cultural Criticism

George E. Marcus, Rice University

James Clifford, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Wombsand

Alien Spirits

Women) Men) and the Zar Cult

in Northern Sudan

Janice Boddy

The University of Wisconsin Press

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Boddy, Janice Patricia.

Wombs and alien spirits: women, men, and the Zar cult in

northern SudanlJanice Boddy.

422 pp. cm.-(New directions in· anthropological writing)

Bibliography: pp. 363-383

Includes index.

1. Women, Muslim-Sudan. 2. Zar-Sudan. 3. Marriage customs and

rites, Islamic-Sudan. 4. Spirit possession-Sudan.

5. Sex customs-Sudan. 1. Title. II. Series.

HQ1793.5.B64 1989

305.3'09625-dc20 89-40250

ISBN 0-299-12310-3 eIP

ISBN 0-299-12314-6 (pbk.)

ISBN-13: 978-0-299-12314-7 (pbk.: alk. paper)

Wombs and Alien Spirits - Women Men and the Zâr Cult in Northern Sudan by Janice Boddy (1989).pdf