The possessed and the dispossessed
Subtitle: spirits, identity, and power in a Madagascar migrant town
By: Lesley A. Sharp.
Series: Comparative studies of health systems and medical care ;; no. 37
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
Subjects: Sakalava (Malagasy people) -- Rites and ceremonies.; Sakalava (Malagasy people) -- Religion.; Sakalava (Malagasy people) -- Social conditions.; Spirit possession -- Madagascar -- Ambanja.; Ancestor worship -- Madagascar -- Ambanja.; Ambanja (Madagascar) -- Religious life and customs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-337) and index.
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