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Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery and Spirit Possession (Anthropological Horizons) - Tapa dura

Lambek, Michael

 
9780802029607: Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery and Spirit Possession (Anthropological Horizons)

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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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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 acc

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