Zar : spirit possession, music, and healing rituals in Egypt /
"Zar is both a possessing spirit and a set of reconciliation rites between the spirits and their human hosts: living in a parallel yet invisible world, the capricious spirits manifest their anger by causing ailments for their hosts, which require ritual reconciliation, a private sacrificial rit...
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Cairo, Egypt :
American University in Cairo,
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Call Number: BF1275 .F3 E44 2016
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| 020 | |a 9789774166976 | ||
| 040 | |c ARCE Library | ||
| 050 | 4 | |a BF1275 .F3 E44 2016 | |
| 100 | 1 | |a Ḥadīdī, Hājir, |e author | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Zar : |b spirit possession, music, and healing rituals in Egypt / |c Hager El Hadidi ; photographs by Ikhlas Abbis. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Cairo, Egypt : |b American University in Cairo, |c [2016]. | |
| 300 | |a xi, 180 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |b color illustrations ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-171) and index. | ||
| 520 | 8 | |a "Zar is both a possessing spirit and a set of reconciliation rites between the spirits and their human hosts: living in a parallel yet invisible world, the capricious spirits manifest their anger by causing ailments for their hosts, which require ritual reconciliation, a private sacrificial rite practiced routinely by the afflicted devotees. Originally spread from Ethiopia to the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf through the nineteenth-century slave trade, in Egypt zar has incorporated elements from popular Islamic Sufi practices, including devotion to Christian and Muslim saints. The ceremonies initiate devotees-the majority of whom are Muslim women-into a community centered on a cult leader, a membership that provides them with moral orientation, social support, and a sense of belonging. Practicing zar rituals, dancing to zar songs, and experiencing trance restore their well-being, which had been compromised by gender asymmetry and globalization.This new ethnographic study of zar in Egypt is based on the author's two years of multi-sited fieldwork and firsthand knowledge as a participant, and her collection and analysis of more than three hundred zar songs, allowing her to access levels of meaning that had previously been overlooked. The result is a comprehensive and accessible exposition of the history, culture, and waning practice of zar in a modernizing world"--Front flap of book jacket. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric |z Egypt. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Music |z Egypt |x Religious aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Zar |z Egypt. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Abbis, Ikhlas. |9 24316 | |
| 901 | |a reviewed | ||
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