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Islam --- Knowledge, Theory of (Islam). --- Spirit possession --- #SBIB:39A73 --- #SBIB:39A10 --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Antropologie: religie, riten, magie, hekserij --- Possession par les esprits --- Mayotte --- Social life and customs --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Knowledge, Theory of (Islam) --- Possession, Spirit --- Experience (Religion) --- Islamic epistemology --- Islamic philosophy --- Mohammedanism --- Muhammadanism --- Muslimism --- Mussulmanism --- Religions --- Muslims --- Mayotta Island --- Maote --- Ile Mayotte --- Mayotta --- Collectivité territoriale de Mayotte --- Social life and customs.

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Collects classic and contemporary articles from the major thinkers in both North American and British anthropology Emphasizes the ongoing conversation among anthropologists with respect to central questions of religious behavior Presents comprehensive coverage of theory and religious practice, through time and ethnographic regions, integrated by editorial commentary Includes additional classic pieces by Pouillon, Burridge, and Meyerhoff, as well as more contemporary work by Harding, De Boeck, and Palmie; Includes indexed bibliography arranged according to both ethnographic region and religious topics and practices

Philosophical anthropology --- Religious studies --- Ethnology --- Religion. --- Religious aspects. --- #SBIB:39A10 --- #SBIB:316.331H300 --- -Religion --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- God --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theology --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Antropologie: religie, riten, magie, hekserij --- Godsdienst en samenleving: algemeen --- Religious aspects --- Religion --- Ethnologie --- Antrhopologie culturelle --- Sociologie des religieux --- Aspect religieux

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Large-scale comparisons are out of fashion in anthropology, but this book suggests a bold comparative approach to broad cultural differences between Africa and Melanesia. Its theme is personhood, which is understood in terms of what anthropologists call 'embodiment'. These concepts are applied to questions ranging from the meanings of spirit possession, to the logics of witchcraft and kinship relations, the use of rituals to heal the sick, 'electric vampires', and even the impact of capitalism. There are detailed ethnographic analyses, and suggestive comparisons of classic African and Melanesian ethnographic cases, such as the Nuer and the Melpa. The contributors debate alternative strategies for cross-cultural comparison, and demonstrate that there is a surprising range of continuities, putting in question common assumptions about the huge differences between these two parts of the world.

Human body --- Corps humain --- Social aspects --- Symbolic aspects --- Aspect social --- Aspect symbolique --- #SBIB:39A9 --- Body, Human --- -Body, Human --- Human beings --- Body image --- Human anatomy --- Human physiology --- Mind and body --- Medische antropologie / gezondheid / handicaps --- -Social aspects --- -Symbolic aspects --- -Human body --- -Medische antropologie / gezondheid / handicaps --- -#SBIB:39A9 --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology --- Body, Human - Social aspects - Melanesia - Congresses --- Body, Human - Social aspects - Africa - Congresses --- Body, Human - Symbolic aspects - Africa - Congresses --- Body, Human - Symbolic aspects - Melanesia - Congresses

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Island in the Stream introduces an original genre of ethnographic history as it follows a community on Mayotte, an East African island in the Mozambique Channel, through eleven periods of fieldwork between 1975 and 2015. Over this 40-year span Mayotte shifted from a declining and neglected colonial backwater to a full département of the French state. In a highly unusual postcolonial trajectory, citizens of Mayotte demanded this incorporation within France rather than joining the independent republic of the Comoros. The Malagasy-speaking Muslim villagers Michael Lambek encountered in 1975 practiced subsistence cultivation and lived without roads, schools, electricity, or running water; today they are educated citizens of the EU who travel regularly to metropolitan France and beyond.Offering a series of ethnographic slices of life across time, Island in the Stream highlights community members' ethical engagement in their own history as they looked to the future, acknowledged the past, and engaged and transformed local forms of sociality, exchange, and ritual performance. This is a unique account of the changing horizons and historical consciousness of an African community and an intimate portrait of the inhabitants and their concerns, as well as a glimpse into the changing perspective of the ethnographer. (Provided by publisher)

Ethnology --- History --- Mayotte --- Social life and customs --- #SBIB:39A73 --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Mayotta Island --- Maote --- Ile Mayotte --- Mayotta --- Collectivité territoriale de Mayotte --- Anthropologie sociale et culturelles --- Histoire --- Moeurs et coutumes --- History. --- Africa. --- Comoros. --- Islam. --- Madagascar. --- Mayotte. --- development. --- ethical. --- ethnography. --- historical. --- history. --- horizons. --- life. --- ritual. --- sociality.

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The Malagasy possess a profound religious, socio-political and economic attachment to land which connects individuals and kinship groups with the ancestors. International stakeholders value Madagascar for its biodiversity, minerals and agricultural potential, while the Malagasy state views land as the necessary platform for its economic development. This collection presents original research by established and rising scholars across a broad spectrum of disciplines, including Human Genetics, Anthropology and History. Authors focus on land as the pivotal factor underlying the economic, social and religious structures of Malagasy society and its relationship with outsiders, aiming to provide new insights into the issues underlying Madagascar’s ongoing economic and political malaise.

Land. Real estate --- Economic geography --- Madagascar --- Land use --- Economic development --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Land --- Land utilization --- Use of land --- Utilization of land --- Land cover --- Landscape assessment --- NIMBY syndrome --- Social conditions --- Economic conditions --- E-books --- Human ecology --- Social conditions. --- Economic conditions. --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- Madagaskar --- Democratic Republic of Madagascar --- Repoblika Demokratika n'i Madagaskar --- Repoblika Demokratika Malagasy --- République démocratique de Madagascar --- RDM --- Repoblikan'i Madagasikara --- République de Madagascar --- Repoblikan'i Madakasikara --- Madagasikara --- Republic of Madagascar --- マダガスカル --- Madagasukaru --- מדגסקר --- Malagasy Republic