Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery, and Spirit Possession - Rilegato

Lambek, Michael

 
9780802029607: Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery, and Spirit Possession

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An ethnography of the religious and ethnomedical practices of Malagasy speakers in Mayotte, an island off the coast of East Africa near Madagascar. Based on participant-observation fieldwork, and making extensive use of case histories, Lambek's (anthropology, U. of Toronto) rich work provides an account of the disciplines of Islam, cosmology (astrology), and spirit possession as they emerge in the practice of local experts and ordinary villagers. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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9780802077837: Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery, and Spirit Possession

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ISBN 10:  0802077838 ISBN 13:  9780802077837
Casa editrice: Univ of Toronto Pr, 1993
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