The Sorcerer's Burden

The Ethnographic Saga of a Global Family

Paul Stoller (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XI, 209 Seiten

2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-81124-6 (ISBN)

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This book emerges from the author's 35 years of research and thought about the Songhay people of Niger. 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 great sorcerer vomits a small metal chain onto his chest. Following the path of his ancestors, Omar swallows the chain, becoming his father's successor, which means that he takes on the sorcerer's burden. The book also describes how custodians of traditional knowledge are creatively adapting to the forces of globalization-all in a highly accessible narrative text.

Paul Stoller is Professor of Anthropology at West Chester University, USA. He has been conducting anthropological research for more than 30 years in West Africa (Niger) and among African immigrants in New York City. In 2015, The American Anthropological Association awarded him the Anthropology and Media Award (AIME) in recognition of his longstanding Huffington Post blog that brings to the general public an anthropological perspective on politics, higher education, culture and media.

Part One: Paris, 2000.- Part Two: Tillaberi, Niger 2000-2001.- Part Three: Niger/Paris 2001.- Epilogue.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.03.2022
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology
Zusatzinfo	XI, 209 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	298 g
Themenwelt	Literatur
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Schlagworte	African religions • African Studies • Ethnographic writing • Literary Anthropology • Niger • Sorcery and Shamanism
ISBN-10	3-319-81124-X / 331981124X
ISBN-13	978-3-319-81124-6 / 9783319811246
Zustand	Neuware