Family rites in Testour, Tunisia, in the 1970s.
In the 1970s, people in rural northern Tunisia travelled in family groups to visit the shrines of saints (‘friends of God’) near them in search of desired health outcomes and emotional reassurance, sometimes spending overnight and enjoying the occasion for its recreational aspects as well as act of...
| Publicado en: | Journal of North African Studies Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 694 - 716 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2018
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