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02874aam a2200349 i 4500 001 0F8F4242065611E8AD8CF06897128E48 003 SILO 005 20180131010242 008 170106s2016 ua af b 001 0 eng c 020 $a 9774166973 020 $a 9789774166976 035 $a (OCoLC)967837672 040 $a ERASA $b eng $e rda $c ERASA $d NOC $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f-ua--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/f-ua 050 4 $a BF1275.F3 $b H33 2016 $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/classification/BF1001-BF1389 082 04 $a 780 100 1 $a HÌ£adiÌdiÌ, HaÌjir, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr89010591 245 10 $a Zar : $b spirit possession, music, and healing rituals in Egypt / $c Hager El Hadidi. 264 1 $a Cairo ; $b American University in Cairo Press, $c [2016] 300 $a 180 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b colour illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-171) and index. 520 8 $a "Zar is both a possessing spirit and a set of reconciliation rites between the spirits and their human hosts: living in a parallel yet invisible world, the capricious spirits manifest their anger by causing ailments for their hosts, which require ritual reconciliation, a private sacrificial rite practiced routinely by the afflicted devotees. Originally spread from Ethiopia to the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf through the nineteenth-century slave trade, in Egypt zar has incorporated elements from popular Islamic Sufi practices, including devotion to Christian and Muslim saints. The ceremonies initiate devotees-the majority of whom are Muslim women-into a community centered on a cult leader, a membership that provides them with moral orientation, social support, and a sense of belonging. Practicing zar rituals, dancing to zar songs, and experiencing trance restore their well-being, which had been compromised by gender asymmetry and globalization.This new ethnographic study of zar in Egypt is based on the author's two years of multi-sited fieldwork and firsthand knowledge as a participant, and her collection and analysis of more than three hundred zar songs, allowing her to access levels of meaning that had previously been overlooked. The result is a comprehensive and accessible exposition of the history, culture, and waning practice of zar in a modernizing world"--Front flap of book jacket. 650 0 $a ZaÌr $z Egypt. 650 0 $a Spiritual healing $z Egypt. 650 0 $a Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric $z Egypt. 650 0 $a Spirit possession $z Egypt. 650 0 $a Music $z Egypt $x Religious aspects. 650 0 $a Healing $x Religious aspects. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85059507 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213021925.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0F8F4242065611E8AD8CF06897128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search