‘What else do we Bengalis do?’ Sorcery, overseas migration, and the new inequalities in Sylhet, Bangladesh
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Auteurs : Alyson Callan [Royaume-Uni]Source :
- Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute [ 1359-0987 ] ; 2007-06.
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- geographic : Bangladesh.
- topic : étude de cas.
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- Allah, Alyson, Alyson callan, Assistant shoma, Bangladesh, Bangladeshi, British bangladeshi, Callan, Case study, Cause harm, Cinta dosh, Clarendon press, Comaroff, Conscious control, Conspicuous consumption, Diagnostic labels, Economic advancement, Global forces, Head infection, Healer, Healer informants, Holy books, Husband works, Inequality, Informant, Massive haemorrhage, Material conditions, Material inequality, Menstrual problem, Moral shortcomings, Mufti huzur, Mullah, Other healers, Other humans, Outsider status, Overseas migration, Overseas remittances, Public humiliation, Recent illness, Research assistants, Rohim, Shanti, Social science, Sorcery, Sorcery accusations, Sorcery diagnosis, Structural contradictions, Sylhet, Sylhet town, Sylheti, Tabiz, University press, Virilocal rule, Western biomedicine, Whilst, Witchcraft, Youngest daughter, Zadutona.
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- Allah, Alyson, Alyson callan, Assistant shoma, Bangladesh, Bangladeshi, British bangladeshi, Callan, Case study, Cause harm, Cinta dosh, Clarendon press, Comaroff, Conscious control, Conspicuous consumption, Diagnostic labels, Economic advancement, Global forces, Head infection, Healer, Healer informants, Holy books, Husband works, Inequality, Informant, Massive haemorrhage, Material conditions, Material inequality, Menstrual problem, Moral shortcomings, Mufti huzur, Mullah, Other healers, Other humans, Outsider status, Overseas migration, Overseas remittances, Public humiliation, Recent illness, Research assistants, Rohim, Shanti, Social science, Sorcery, Sorcery accusations, Sorcery diagnosis, Structural contradictions, Sylhet, Sylhet town, Sylheti, Tabiz, University press, Virilocal rule, Western biomedicine, Whilst, Witchcraft, Youngest daughter, Zadutona.
Abstract
In Sylhet, Bangladesh, remittances sent home by sons and husbands working abroad have led to new inequalities conducive to the proliferation of sorcery accusations. In cases of illness, sorcery is often the preferred diagnosis. The virilocal rule of residence positions the son's wife as an outsider and, as such, she has been traditionally viewed as the prime suspect in cases of sorcery. This structural tension has been intensified by overseas migration as sons working abroad increase the isolation and vulnerability of their wives. Patients and their families do not passively act out structural contradictions but actively pursue a sorcery diagnosis. Through a detailed case study of one woman's struggle to come to terms with infertility, I show how a diagnosis of sorcery acts as a face‐saving mechanism in situations of material inequality between kin.
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2007.00431.x
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