The possessed and the dispossessed : spirits, identity, and power in a Madagascar migrant town /
"This finely drawn portrait of a complex, polycultural community demonstrates that spirit possession reflects in microcosm many of the contradictions of daily life in a plantation economy. Female spirit mediums - a group heretofore assumed to be marginal - are in fact powerful and honored heale...
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Main Author: | Sharp, Lesley Alexandra |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
1996, ©1993.
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Series: | Comparative studies of health systems and medical care ;
no. 37. |
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
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