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Susan J. Rasmussen
University of Houston
Occupation
Professor
Contact
Primary Phone: 17133039984
Secondary Phone: 1713-303-9984
Fax: 7137433798
1911 Calumet St.
Houston TX 77004
United States
Discipline
Anthropology
Sub Areas
Gender/Women's Studies
African Studies
Ethnography
Ethnography
Geographic Areas of Interest
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Maghreb
Islamic World
Specialties
Symbolism And Power; Anthropoloogy Of Religion; Medico-ritual Healing And Healers; Verbal Art; Performance; Cultural Memory; Aging And Life Course; Diasporic Studies; Tuareg; Kabyle
Languages
Berber (intermediate)
Hausa (intermediate)
French (fluent)
Tamazight (intermediate)
Spanish (fluent)
English (native)
Education
PhD | 1986 | Anthropology | Indiana University
Abstracts
Moral Discourses and Concepts of Personal Agency in Coping with Suffering among Kabyle Immigrant Converts in France The Role of Parent-Child and Interrgenerational Relationships in Conversion Narratives of Diasporic Kabyle Converts in France