Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery, and Spirit Possession

Lambeck, Michael

ISBN 10: 0802029604 / ISBN 13: 9780802029607

Published by University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1993

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ex-lib w/usual markings, VERY GOOD hardcover, no marks in text; tight square spine; a very clean copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery, and Spirit Possession
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802029604
• ISBN 13: 9780802029607
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Ex-Library
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion
  • Anthropology
  • Alibris

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.