Ritual imagination [electronic resource] : a study of tromba possession among the Betsimisaraka in eastern Madagascar / by Hilde Nielssen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies on religion in Africa ; 40.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.Description: xi, 326 p. : col. illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 299.923 23
LOC classification:
  • BL2480.B49 N54 2012eb
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Contents:
The village -- The Betsimisaraka, history and the spread of tromba -- Localising tromba -- A spirit world of movement and change -- Making connections: spirits, persons and places -- Tromba nights of clapping, song and dance -- The judgement bath -- Tromba and the radical imaginary -- Tromba, translocality and the magic of the Malagasy nation -- Epilogue: magic and political imagination.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The village -- The Betsimisaraka, history and the spread of tromba -- Localising tromba -- A spirit world of movement and change -- Making connections: spirits, persons and places -- Tromba nights of clapping, song and dance -- The judgement bath -- Tromba and the radical imaginary -- Tromba, translocality and the magic of the Malagasy nation -- Epilogue: magic and political imagination.

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