Prayer Has Spoiled Everything by Adeline Masquelier
Bori are mischievous and invisible beings that populate the bush. Bori is also the practice of taming these forces in the context of possession ceremonies. This book offers an account of how this phenomenon intervenes in human lives, providing meaning for Mawri peasants confronted with cultural contradictions and socio-economic marginalisation.
“Masquelier locates cultural production at precise moments of colonial and postcolonial relationsThe result is both an intimate, densely textured portrait of bori spirits and an exciting demonstration of how people attempt to formulate and appropriate the forces that have undermined their community.”- Michael Lambek, author of Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery, and Spirit Possession “With its rich primary data about bori, its creativity and freshness, Prayer Has Spoiled Everything will be of enormous interest to Africanists and to religion scholars of many types.”-Karen McCarthy Brown, author of Mama Lola: A Voodou Priestess in Brooklyn
Adeline Maquelier is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780822326335 |
| ISBN 10 | 0822326337 |
| Title | Prayer Has Spoiled Everything |
| Author | Adeline Masquelier |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Year published | 2001-03-26 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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