The Possessed and the Dispossessed 
Subtitle: Spirits, Identity, and Power in a Madagascar Migrant Town (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: December 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780520207080
Subjects: Anthropology; Indigenous peoples; Spirit communication & mediumship, spiritualism; Social conditions; Religion; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Madagascar; Africa - General; Anthropology - General; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Rites and ceremonies; Sakalava (Malagasy people)
First sentence: Women, migration, and power: these are the themes that frame this study of spirit possession and identity in northwest Madagascar.