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The possessed and the dispossessed : spirits, identity, and power in a Madagascar migrant town / Lesley A. Sharp.
LIBRA DT469.M277 S358 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sharp, Lesley Alexandra.
- Series:
- Comparative studies of health systems and medical care ; no. 37.
- Comparative studies of health systems and medical care ; no. 37
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sakalava (Malagasy people)--Rites and ceremonies.
- Sakalava (Malagasy people).
- Sakalava (Malagasy people)--Religion.
- Sakalava (Malagasy people)--Social conditions.
- Spirit possession--Madagascar--Ambanja.
- Spirit possession.
- Ancestor worship--Madagascar--Ambanja.
- Ancestor worship.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Ambanja (Madagascar)--Religious life and customs.
- Ambanja (Madagascar).
- Madagascar--Ambanja.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [1993]
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520080017
- OCLC:
- 26856183
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