TY - BOOK AU - Nielssen,Hilde ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Ritual imagination: a study of tromba possession among the Betsimisaraka in eastern Madagascar T2 - Studies of religion in Africa, AV - BL2480.B49 N54 2012eb U1 - 299.923 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Spirit possession KW - Madagascar KW - Betsimisaraka (Malagasy people) KW - Religion KW - Rites and ceremonies KW - Social life and customs KW - Cults KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10502534 ER -