Embodying Colonial Memories
Spirit Possession, Power and the Hauka in West Africa
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1995
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-90876-4 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-90876-4 (ISBN)
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This is a study of the West African Hauka - spirits that grotesquely mimic and mock Europeans of the colonial epoch. It uses the example of the Hauka to think creatively about spirit possession as a set of embodied practices with serious social, cultural and political consequences.
This is a study of the West African Hauka - spirits that grotesquely mimic and mock Europeans of the colonial epoch. Combining narrative description, historical analysis, and reflections on the importance of mimetic body in social theory, the text uses the example of the Hauka to think creatively about spirit possession as a set of embodied practices with serious social, cultural and political consequences. It argues that mimicry is about power in the world - to copy something is to master it, to tap its power. Through the Hauka, the Songhay have attempted to divert the power of the Europeans to oppose French colonial administration. The second President of Niger was himself a Hauka spirit medium who used elements of Hauka discourse to govern the Republic of Niger from 1974 to 1987.
This is a study of the West African Hauka - spirits that grotesquely mimic and mock Europeans of the colonial epoch. Combining narrative description, historical analysis, and reflections on the importance of mimetic body in social theory, the text uses the example of the Hauka to think creatively about spirit possession as a set of embodied practices with serious social, cultural and political consequences. It argues that mimicry is about power in the world - to copy something is to master it, to tap its power. Through the Hauka, the Songhay have attempted to divert the power of the Europeans to oppose French colonial administration. The second President of Niger was himself a Hauka spirit medium who used elements of Hauka discourse to govern the Republic of Niger from 1974 to 1987.
Paul Stoller is Professor of Anthropology at West Chester University. He is the author of In Sorcery's Shadow (1987), Fusion of the Worlds (1989), The Taste of Ethnographic Things (1989) and The Cinematic Griot. He is currently conducting research among West African street vendors in New York City.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.10.1995 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 24 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 9 x 6 mm |
| Gewicht | 408 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-415-90876-0 / 0415908760 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-90876-4 / 9780415908764 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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