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Thera S. A. Rasing

Region of Interest

Africa

Primary Country of Residence

Netherlands

Title

Ph.D.

Affiliation

Leiden University

Email

Rasing@fsw.leidenuniv.nl

Mailing Address

Afrika-Studiecentrum
Leiden University
P.O. Box 9555
2300 RB
Leiden
The Netherlands

Phone/Fax Number(s)

phone: +31-71-5273363
fax: +31-71-5273344

Websites

http://asc.leidenuniv.nl

Countries of Specialization

Zambia

Research Interests

Girls' initation rites in an urban Roman Catholic community in Zambia

Publications

Passing on the rites of passage. Girls' initiation rites in the context of
an urban Roman Catholic community on the Zambian Copperbeld. Aldershot,
Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 1995.

"Globalization and the making of consumers: Zambian kitchen parties."
In: R. Fardon et al. (eds.) Modernity on a Shoestring. Dimensions of
Globalization, Consumption and Development in Africa and Beyond, pp 227-246,
London / Leiden: EIDOS / ASC / CAS, 1999.

Keywords

Catholic church ; initiation rites ; female identity ; ethnicity ; ...