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Paperback Fusion of the Worlds: An Ethnography of Possession Among the Songhay of Niger Book

ISBN: 0226775453

ISBN13: 9780226775456

Fusion of the Worlds: An Ethnography of Possession Among the Songhay of Niger

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"This ethnography is more like a film than a book, so well does Stoller evoke the color, sight, sounds, and movements of Songhay possession ceremonies."--Choice

"Stoller brilliantly recreates the reality of spirit presence; hosts are what they mediate, and spirits become flesh and blood in the 'fusion' with human existence. . . . An excellent demonstration of the benefits of a new genre of ethnographic writing. It expands our understanding...

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