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Changing Masters: Spirit Possession and Identity Construction among the Descendants of Slaves in the Sudan (Islam and Society in Africa) by G. P. Makris is a spirituality available to read on EtoBox.
What is Changing Masters: Spirit Possession and Identity Construction among the Descendants of Slaves in the Sudan (Islam and Society in Africa) about?
The spirit possession cult of zar tumbura has a devoted following among Muslim descendents of slaves and other subalterns in the Sudan. In Changing Masters, G. P. Makris studies zar tumbura as part of a wider zar complex for what it reveals about shifting ethnic identities in the modern Sudan. More generally, his work exposes the processes subordinate groups use to assert a positive identity that counters the identity conferred upon them by the dominant culture. <p>Makris engages the tumbura dev
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- Author
- G. P. Makris
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press,U.S.
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780810116986
- Category
- spirituality
- Subjects
- Religion, Body Mind & Spirit, Psychology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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