Women and demons : cult healing in Islamic Egypt /

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Author / Creator:Sengers, Gerda.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
Description:viii, 302 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:International studies in sociology and social anthropology, 0074-8684 ; v. 86
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4781779
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ISBN:9004127712
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-294) and indexes.

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505 0 0 |g Ch. 1.  |t Living and Working in Cairo --  |t Research --  |t Cairo --  |t The structure of this book --  |g Ch. 2.  |t Local Cosmology --  |t Aspects of contemporary cosmology --  |t Influences --  |t Jinn and other non-human beings --  |t Magic --  |t Aspects of Islamic methods of healing --  |g Ch. 3.  |t Anthropological Approaches to Possession and Healing --  |t Research into possession --  |t Zar research --  |t My own research --  |g Ch. 4.  |t The Zar --  |t General description --  |t Interpretation: zar as transition rite --  |g Ch. 5.  |t Koran Healing --  |t General description --  |t Men, jinn and magic --  |t Interpretation: Koran healing as transition rite --  |g Ch. 6.  |t Possession as a Central Element in Local Cosmology --  |t Vulnerability --  |t Semiotic structure --  |t Zar and Koran healing --  |g Ch. 7.  |t A Kaleidoscopic Picture of Egyptian Society --  |t Fatiha --  |t Salma --  |t Umm Mustafa --  |t Umm Harbi --  |t Iman --  |t Huda --  |t Reda' (and others): visit of the jinn --  |g Ch. 8.  |t Concluding Observations --  |g App.  |t Concise Manual for the Use of the Holy Koran against Magic and Sorcery. 
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