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“susan rasmussen”

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  • Neighbors, Strangers, Witches, and Culture-Heroes

    Ritual Powers of Smith/Artisans in Tuareg Society and Beyond

    by Susan Rasmussen ...
    This book examines alleged “superhuman” powers predominantly associated with smith/artisans in five African societies. It discusses their ritual and social roles, mythico-histories, symbols surrounding their art, and changing relationships between these specialists and their patrons. Needed but also feared, these smith/artisans work in traditionally hereditary occupations and in stratified but ... Read more

    $61.99 CAD

  • Persons of Courage and Renown

    Tuareg Actors, Acting, Plays, and Cultural Memory in Northern Mali

    by Susan Rasmussen ...
    Persons of Courage and Renown is a theoretically engaged ethnography by a social/cultural anthropologist that explores issues of culture, memory, creativity, and power by analyzing beloved, yet vulnerable, actors, acting, and play performances in Tamajaq-speaking, predominantly Muslim, traditionally stratified, and semi-nomadic Tuareg communities in northern Mali. The town and region of Kidal are ... Read more

    $126.99 CAD

  • African Medical Pluralism

    by Carolyn Sargent, Koen Stroeken, Claire Wendland, Arthur Kleinman, John M. Janzen, Susan J. Rasmussen, Stacey A. Langwick, Christopher Taylor, Elisha P. Renne0, Brooke Grundfest Schoepf1, Ulrika Trovalla2, Benson Mulemi3, James Leslie Kennell4 ...
    In most places on the African continent, multiple health care options exist and patients draw on a therapeutic continuum that ranges from traditional medicine and religious healing to the latest in biomedical technology. The ethnographically based essays in this volume highlight African ways of perceiving sickness, making sense of and treating suffering, and thinking about health care to reveal ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Celtic Religion in Pre-Christian Times

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    In "Celtic Religion in Pre-Christian Times," E. Anwyl expertly delves into the intricate tapestry of Celtic spiritual practices, beliefs, and rituals prior to the advent of Christianity. Through a thorough analysis of archaeological evidence, historical accounts, and folklore, Anwyl elucidates the interconnectedness of nature, mythology, and community in ancient Celtic life. The scholarly rigor of ... Read more

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  • The Forest People

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    The bestselling, classic text on one anthropologist’s incredible experience living among the African Mbuti Pygmies, and what he learned from their culture, customs, and love of life.In this bestselling book, Colin Turnbull, a British cultural anthropologist, details the incredible Mbuti pygmy people and their love of the forest, and each other. Turnbull lived among the Mbuti people for three years ... Read more

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  • Primary Accounts of African Civilization: The Meroe, Kush, and Axum

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  • Selected Speeches and Writings of Nelson Mandela: The End of Apartheid in South Africa

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  • A Year in White

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