Embodying Colonial Memories: Spirit Possession, Power, and the Hauka in West Africa - Paul Stoller - Books - Taylor & Francis Ltd - 9780415908771 - September 27, 1995
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Embodying Colonial Memories: Spirit Possession, Power, and the Hauka in West Africa 1st edition

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A study of the West African Hauka - spirits that grotesquely mimic and mock "Europeans" of the colonial epoch. The author considers spirit possession as a set of embodied practices with serious social and cultural consequences.


238 pages, 24 illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 27, 1995
ISBN13 9780415908771
Publishers Taylor & Francis Ltd
Pages 240
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 14 mm   ·   328 g
Language English  

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