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Spirits and selves in northern sudan: the cultural therapeutics of possession and trance
spirits and selves in Northern Sudan: the cultural therapeutics of possession and trance. American Ethnologist, 15(1), Spirits and selves in northern Sudan: the cultural therapeutics of possession and trance. Links. Boddy, J. (). JANICE BODDY-University of Toronto. In Northern Arabic-speaking . spirits and selves in Northern Sudan: the cultural therapeutics of possession and trance. spirits and selves in Northern Sudan: the cultural therapeutics of possession and trance JANICE BODDY-University of Toronto In Northern Arabic-speaking Sudan, numerous women-and very few men-are diagnosed to be suffering at some point in their lives from illness attributed to zar, a type of spirit posses-sion. Circumcision and infibulation operate to establish in women a sense of self congruent with the cultural image of woman as reproducer. Examination of cultural and social factors surrounding zar spirit possession diag-noses in Northern Sudan suggests that a major issue addressed by the cult is the cultural overdetermination of women's selfhood. Examination of cultural and social factors surrounding zar spirit possession diagnoses in Northern Sudan suggests that a major issue addressed by the cult is the cultural . Boddy, Janice Spirits and Selves in Northern Sudan: The Cultural Therapeutics of Possession and Trance. American Ethnologist 15(1):4– 1.