Intersections of sensorial perception and imagination in divination practices in postwar mozambique
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Article Title | Intersections of sensorial perception and imagination in divination practices in postwar mozambique |
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ERA Journal ID | 9425 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Igreja, Victor |
Journal Title | Anthropological Quarterly |
Journal Citation | 88 (3), pp. 693-723 |
Number of Pages | 31 |
Year | 2015 |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0003-5491 |
1534-1518 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1353/anq.2015.0042 |
Web Address (URL) | http://aq.gwu.edu/anthropological-quarterly-summer-2015-articles.html |
Abstract | Following a long-term analysis of diverse divination practices in central Mozambique, this article examines how the civil war (1976–1992) and developments since the war’s end (2004–2010), which triggered new forms of consumption of mass-media technologies such as television and film, significantly changed the role played by clients, their visual senses, and their imaginative abilities in the production of divinatory knowledge. These novel forms of client engagement in divination have increased the popularity of divination practices while also revealing the possibilities and constraints attached to processes of identity transformation through media technologies. |
Keywords | sensorial perception, divination, imagination, war violence, Mozambique |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440107. Social and cultural anthropology |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Arts and Communication |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3393/intersections-of-sensorial-perception-and-imagination-in-divination-practices-in-postwar-mozambique
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