The Weight of the Past: Living with History in Mahajanga, Madagascar
(Part of the Contemporary Anthropology of Religion Series)
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In The Weight of the Past, Michael Lambek explores the complex ways that history shapes, constrains, and enables daily life. Focusing on ritual performances of spirit mediumship in a multifaceted religious landscape, Lambek's analysis reveals the multiple ways that Sakalava "bear" history. In Mahajanga, Madagascar, to bear history is at once a weighty obligation, a creative re-birthing, a scrupulous cultivation, and an exuberant performance of the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1403960682
ISBN13:9781403960689
Release Date:January 2003
Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan
Length:319 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"
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