| Description |
1 online resource (201 pages). |
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Medicine language |
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text file |
| Series |
Westview Case Studies in Anthropology
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Westview case studies in anthropology.
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| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Fula (African people) -- Marriage customs and rites -- Cameroon.
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Fula (African people) -- Marriage customs and rites. |
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Cameroon. |
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Fula (African people) |
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Fula (African people) -- Medicine -- Cameroon.
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Fula (African people) -- Cameroon -- Religion.
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Religion. |
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Fula (African people) -- Cameroon -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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Islam -- Cameroon.
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Islam. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Regis, Helen A. Fulbe Voices : Marriage, Islam, And Medicine In Northern Cameroon. New York : Westview Press, ©2002 9780813338163 |
| ISBN |
9780813347066 (electronic book) |
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0813347068 (electronic book) |
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9780813340357 (hardcover) |
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0813340357 (hardcover) |
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0813338166 |
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9780813338163 |
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