Human Spirits A Cultural Account of Trance in Mayotte

Name: Human Spirits A Cultural Account of Trance in Mayotte
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ISBN: 9780521282550

ISBN-10: 0521282551

ISBN-13: 9780521282550

Edition: 1981

Authors: Michael Lambek

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Book details

List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 1981
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/30/1981
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

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.



List of tables and figures


Preface: cultural zero


Acknowledgements


Stylistic conventions


Introduction



Spirits and Hosts in Mayotte



An overview of Mayotte society



Who the spirits are not: possession and Islam



The nature of spirits: first approximations



The incidence of trance



Possession as a system of communication



The Syntagmatic Dimension



Negotiation and energence: the case of Habiba



Medicine and transformation: the case of Habiba continued



The hidden name: the case of Rukia



Of affines and annunciations



The Paradigmatic Dimension



The trumba spirits



The world of possession



The spirits as children


Conclusion


Appendix: Additional classes of possession spirits in Mayotte


Notes


Bibliography


Index