Article universitaire Journal of Ritual Studies 2004
"These Are Dirty Times": Transformations of Gendered Spaces and Islamic Ritual Protection in Tuareg Herbalists' and Marabouts' "Albaraka" Blessing Powers
- liste des auteurs
- Susan J. Rasmussen
- Résumé
- This essay examines the dangers and possibilities, in times of transformation, for the practice of Islamic blessing powers called albaraka by women and men ritual specialists and other leaders among the Tuareg of Niger and Mali, West Africa. Sociopolitical dynamics challenge some arrangements that have underwritten traditional albaraka power. In this scenario, prominent men and women who protect and mediate the Tuareg world from threatening outsiders draw on this force in diverse ways.
- Journal
- Journal of Ritual Studies
- volume
- 18
- numéro
- 2
- première page
- 43
- dernière page
- 60
- Date
- 2004
- Langue
- Anglais
- Type
- Article de revue
- Sujet
- Mali
- Marabout
- gender
- rite
- Tuareg
- Couverture spatiale
-
Niger
Comment citer ce document
Rasmussen, Susan J. “"These Are Dirty Times": Transformations of Gendered Spaces and Islamic Ritual Protection in Tuareg Herbalists' and Marabouts' "Albaraka" Blessing Powers.” Journal of Ritual Studies 18, n° 2 (2004): 43-60. https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/5321.
Rasmussen, S. J. (2004). "These Are Dirty Times": Transformations of Gendered Spaces and Islamic Ritual Protection in Tuareg Herbalists' and Marabouts' "Albaraka" Blessing Powers. Journal of Ritual Studies, 18(2), 43-60. https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/5321.
Rasmussen, Susan J. “"These Are Dirty Times": Transformations of Gendered Spaces and Islamic Ritual Protection in Tuareg Herbalists' and Marabouts' "Albaraka" Blessing Powers.” Journal of Ritual Studies, vol. 18, n° 2, 2004, p. 43-60. https://islam.zmo.de/s/afrique_ouest/item/5321.