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The Possessed and the Dispossessed: Spirits, Identity, and Power in a Madagascar Migrant Town (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care)
The Possessed and the Dispossessed Spirits Identity and Power in a Madagascar Migrant Town - Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care
Author: Lesley A. Sharp
This finely drawn portrait of a complex, polycultural urban community in Madagascar emphasizes the role of spirit medium healers, a group heretofore seen as having little power. These women, Leslie Sharp argues, are far from powerless among the peasants and migrant laborers who work the land in this plantation economy. In fact, Sharp's wi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520080010
ISBN-10: 0520080017
Publication Date: 1/6/1994
Pages: 345
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Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Book Type: Hardcover
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