People of the Sea: Identity and Descent Among the Vezo of Madagascar
(Book #95 in the Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology Series)
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The Vezo, a fishing people of western Madagascar, are known as 'the people who struggle with the sea'. Dr Astuti explores their identity showing that it is established through what people do rather than being determined by descent. Vezo identity is a 'way of doing' rather than a 'state of being', performative rather than ethnic. However, her innovative analysis of Vezo kinship also uncovers an opposite form of identity based on descent, which she...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521024730
ISBN13:9780521024730
Release Date:March 2006
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:204 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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