Umm al-Ghulam
Zār Spirit or Half-forgotten Saint? Making Sense of an Egyptian Zār Song
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8933728 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Johan Natvig (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 124 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 289-306 |
| Publication date | 2013-08-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587x.2013.812417 |
| OpenAlex | W2026904989 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 13 |
The subject of this article is a zār song about a female character, Umm al-Ghulam (‘mother of the boy’), recorded in a Lower Egyptian village in 1980. The song is short and ambiguous. There is a zār spirit by that name, but there is also a Cairene saint who carries the same name. Zār songs in Egypt invoke both zār spirits and saints; so who are we dealing with in this song
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |