Abstract
An account of a culturally specific type of spirit possession, which can be triggered by the smell of cooked elephant, described and analysed in a linguistic pragmatic framework.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Narrating Our Future. |
| Subtitle of host publication | Customs, Rituals and Practices of the Ma’di of South Sudan and Uganda |
| Editors | Mairi Blackings |
| Place of Publication | Cape Town |
| Pages | 120-145 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- spirit possession
- Ma'di culture
- South Sudan