02279nam 22005055 450 991025334030332120230725192351.03-319-31805-510.1007/978-3-319-31805-9(CKB)3710000000869948(DE-He213)978-3-319-31805-9(MiAaPQ)EBC4696803(EXLCZ)99371000000086994820160924d2016 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Sorcerer's Burden The Ethnographic Saga of a Global Family /by Paul Stoller1st ed. 2016.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2016.1 online resource (XI, 209 p.) Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology3-319-31804-7 Includes bibliographical references.Part One: Paris, 2000 -- Part Two: Tillaberi, Niger 2000-2001 -- Part Three: Niger/Paris 2001 -- Epilogue. .This book emerges from the author's 35 years of research and thought about the Songhay people of Niger. This ethnographic novel follows the life of Omar Dia, the oldest son of a West African sorcerer. When his father falls ill and dies, the great sorcerer vomits a small metal chain onto his chest. Following the path of his ancestors, Omar swallows the chain, becoming his father's successor, which means that he takes on the sorcerer's burden. The book also describes how custodians of traditional knowledge are creatively adapting to the forces of globalization—all in a highly accessible narrative text. .Palgrave Studies in Literary AnthropologyEthnologyFictionSociocultural AnthropologyEthnographyFiction LiteratureEthnology.Fiction.Sociocultural Anthropology.Ethnography.Fiction Literature.306Stoller Paulauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut144185BOOK9910253340303321The Sorcerer's Burden2519188UNINA