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Beyond Bodies
Rain-making and Sense-making in Tanzania
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Todd Sanders
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English
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2008
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Beyond Bodies examines the Ihanzu sensibilities about gender through a fine-grained ethnography of rainmaking rites.
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Sanders Todd :
Todd Sanders is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto, and a visiting professor in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Trondheim, Norway.
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David Crawford, The Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute, vol 15:04:09:
Sanders has built an illuminating ethnography on a provocative theoretical framework. The book is highly recommended for graduate seminars in gender, Africa, or ethnographic writing. It was a joy to read.
Sanders has built an illuminating ethnography on a provocative theoretical framework. The book is highly recommended for graduate seminars in gender, Africa, or ethnographic writing. It was a joy to read.
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Contents
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Illustrations
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Preface
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Language and Orthography
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Introduction: Rainmaking, Gender Epistemologies, and Explanation
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1. Ihanzu Everyday Worlds
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2. The Making and Unmaking of Rains and Reigns
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3. Gendered Life-Worlds and Transformative Processes
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4. Annual Rain Rites
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5. (Wo)men Behaving Badly: Genders within Bodies
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6. Ancestral Rain Offerings: Genders without Bodies
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7. Witchcraft, Gender, and Inversion
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Conclusion
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Notes
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References
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Index
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