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Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery, and Spirit Possession (Anthropological Horizons) - Hardcover
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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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Michael Lambek is a professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto and editor for the Anthropological Horizons series with University of Toronto Press.
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- PublisherUniv of Toronto Pr
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0802029604
- ISBN 13 9780802029607
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages468
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