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The Possessed and the Dispossessed: Spirits, Identity, and Power in a Madagascar Migrant Town

by Lesley Alexandra Sharp

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  • 20th century
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Traditions: Shamanism and spirit practice, Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

Subjects: Religion, Rites and ceremonies, Religious life and customs, Spirit possession, Ancestor worship, Social conditions, Madagascar, Ambanja (Madagascar)

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual and Shamanism and spirit practice.

  • Shamanism and spirit practice

    Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page matched “Spirit possession”. Retained metadata contains “Spirit possession” in the subject metadata.

    • “Spirit possession”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Spirit possession”· in subject
  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page matched “Ancestor worship” and “Rites and ceremonies”. Retained metadata contains “Ancestor worship” in the subject metadata and “Rites and ceremonies” in the subject metadata.

    • “Ancestor worship”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Rites and ceremonies”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Ancestor worship”· in subject
    • “Rites and ceremonies”· in subject

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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994

1994———Source listed online copy

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  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): DT469.M277 S358
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994
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