The Possessed and the Dispossessed : Spirits, Identity, and Power in a Madagascar Migrant Town (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care
by Lesley A. A. Sharp, Lesley A. Sharp
Lesley A. A. Sharp examines spirits, identity, and power in a Madagascar migrant town. Framed within comparative studies of health systems and medical care, this work explores how cultural experience and medical contexts shape understandings of possession, dispossession, and social authority.
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The Possessed and the Dispossessed explores spirits, identity, and power in a migrant town in Madagascar.
Lesley A. A. Sharp examines these themes through the lens of comparative studies of health systems and medical care.
The book offers a focused study of social experience, belief, and authority in a particular cultural and medical context.
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