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Author:
Sharp, Lesley Alexandra.
Title:
The possessed and the dispossessed : spirits, identity, and power in a Madagascar migrant town / Lesley A. Sharp.
Publisher:
University of California Press,
Copyright Date:
c1993
Description:
xix, 345 p. : ill, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Ancestor worship--Ambanja.--Ambanja.
Sakalava (Malagasy people)--Religion.
Sakalava (Malagasy people)--Rites and ceremonies.
Sakalava (Malagasy people)--Social conditions.
Spirit possession--Ambanja.--Ambanja.
Ambanja (Madagascar)--Religious life and customs.
Notes:
Series numbering from jacket. Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-337) and index.
Series:
Comparative studies of health systems and medical care ; 37
ISBN:
9780520080010 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520080017 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN:
92037296
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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