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Author Regis, Helen A

Title Fulbe Voices : Marriage, Islam, And Medicine In Northern Cameroon
Published New York : Westview Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (201 pages)
Series Westview Case Studies in Anthropology
Westview case studies in anthropology.
Contents Series Editor Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Fulbeness, History, and Cultural Pluralism; 2 Pulaaku and Embodiment in Everyday Life; 3 On Cheap Cloth, Bad Sauce, and the Fragility of Marriage; 4 Forging Islamic Manhood; 5 Dangerous Affections: Mothers and Infants; 6 Intimate Others: Cannibal Witches and Spirits; 7 Domaayo and the World Bank; Conclusion; Glossary; References; Index
Summary Attending to everyday conversations and embodied performances about Islam, marriage, medicine, and Fulbe identity, Fulbe Voices provides a richly textured exploration of the dynamics of cultural diversity in a village in Cameroon
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-167) and index
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Subject Fula (African people) -- Marriage customs and rites -- Cameroon
Fula (African people) -- Medicine -- Cameroon
Fula (African people) -- Cameroon -- Religion
Fula (African people) -- Cameroon -- Social life and customs
Islam -- Cameroon
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Black Studies (Global)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
Fula (African people) -- Marriage customs and rites
Fula (African people) -- Religion
Fula (African people) -- Social life and customs
Islam
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Africa.
Cameroon
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813347066
0813347068
9780813340357
0813340357