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100	0		_ahager el hadidi _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aZar : _bspirit possession, music, and healing rituals in Egypt / _cHager El Hadidi.
264		1	_aCairo : _aNew York : _bAmerican University in Cairo Press, _c[2016]
300			_a180 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _bcolour illustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes 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	_aZār _zEgypt.
650		0	_aSpiritual healing _zEgypt.
650		0	_aMedicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric _zEgypt.
650		0	_aSpirit possession _zEgypt.
650		0	_aMusic _zEgypt _xReligious aspects.
650		0	_aHealing _xReligious aspects.
650		7	_aHealing _xReligious aspects. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00952712
650		7	_aMedicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01015272
650		7	_aMusic _xReligious aspects. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01030421
650		7	_aSpirit possession. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01130054
650		7	_aSpiritual healing. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01130087
650		7	_aZār. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01185007
651		7	_aEgypt. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01208755
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