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

Lambeck, Michael

ISBN 10: 0802029604 / ISBN 13: 9780802029607

Editore: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1993

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ex-lib w/usual markings, VERY GOOD hardcover, no marks in text; tight square spine; a very clean copy. Codice articolo 038917

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Titolo: Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local ...

Casa editrice: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON, Canada

Data di pubblicazione: 1993

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Very Good

Tipologia articolo: Ex-Library

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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.