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: January 6, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780520080010
Subjects: Anthropology; Cultural studies; Indigenous peoples; Rites and ceremonies; Cultural And Social Anthropology; Sociology; Spirit possession; Literature: Folklore/Mythology; Madagascar; Sakalava (Malagasy people); Africa - General; Anthropology - General; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Religion; Social conditions
First sentence: Women, migration, and power: these are the themes that frame this study of spirit possession and identity in northwest Madagascar.