ISBN:
9780520918450
,
0520918452
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xix, 345 p.)
,
Ill., maps.
Series Statement:
Comparative studies of health systems and medical care no. 37
DDC:
306.089993
Keywords:
Sakalava
;
Religion
;
Sakalava (Malagasy people) Rites and ceremonies
;
Sakalava (Malagasy people) Religion
;
Sakalava (Malagasy people) Social conditions
;
Spirit possession
;
Ancestor worship
;
Madagaskar
;
Ambanja (Madagascar) Religious life and customs
Abstract:
This portrait of a complex, polycultural urban community in Madagascar emphasizes the role of spirit medium healers, a group previously seen as having little power. These women, Leslie Sharp argues, are far from powerless among the peasants and migrant laborers who work the land in this plantation economy.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1525/california/9780520080010.001.0001
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520080010.001.0001
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