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Author:   Susan M. O'Brien
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
ISBN:  

9780253223463

ISBN 10:   0253223466
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   08 April 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Glossary Map of Nigeria Introduction Part I. Islam, Bori, and the State 1: Spiritual Authority, State Power, and Healing in Pre-Colonial Hausaland 2: Colonial Discourses of Difference: The Logic of Indirect Rule and British Suppression of Bori 3: Spirits and Bodies: Schoolgirl Possession, Islamic Exorcism, and the Everydayness of Bori 4: Spirits in the Shari'a State: Contesting Islamic Orthodoxy in Contemporary Kano Part II. Muslim Practices, Bori Lives 5: Pilgrimage, Power, and Identity: the Narrated Hajj in the Lives and Communities of 'Yan Bori 6: Narrating Bori Lives: Fantasy, Folktale, and the Hausa Moral Imagination 7: Marriage and Gender in Bori Lives Conclusion Source Material

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Illuminates major aspects of Hausa society and challenges long-held assumptions about bori, Islam, and gender. John H. Hanson, Indiana University Bloomington

Illuminates major aspects of Hausa society and challenges long-held assumptions about bori, Islam, and gender. John H. Hanson, Indiana University Bloomington

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Susan M. O'Brien is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Florida. Her work has appeared in Africa Today.

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