Sharp, Lesley Alexandra

The possessed and the dispossessed : spirits, identity, and power in a Madagascar migrant town / Lesley A. Sharp - Berkeley : University of California Press, 1993 - xix, 345 p. : ill., maps. ; 23 cm. - Comparative studies of health systems and medical care ; no. 37 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-337) and index



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Sakalava (Malagasy people)--Rites and ceremonies
Sakalava (Malagasy people)--Religion
Sakalava (Malagasy people)--Social conditions
Spirit possession--Madagascar--Ambanja


Ambanja (Madagascar)--Religious life and customs