The Weight of the Past - Living with History in Mahajanga, Madagascar (Paperback, 2003 ed.)

In The Weight of the Past, Michael Lambek explores the complex ways that history shapes, constrains, and enables daily life. Focusing on ritual performances of spirit mediumship in a multifaceted religious landscape, Lambek's analysis reveals the multiple ways that Sakalava "bear" history. In Mahajanga, Madagascar to bear history is at once a weighty obligation, a creative re-birthing, a scrupulous cultivation, and an exuberant performance of the past.This book describes the division of labor, creative production, and ethical practice entailed in imagining, embodying, and serving the past. It is at once a vivid ethnography of Sakalava life and a significant intervention in anthropological debates on culture and history, structure and practice, advocating a theoretical approach informed by Aristotelian categories of understanding.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
Release date:	March 2003
First published:	2003
Authors:	M. Lambek
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	319
Edition:	2003 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-6068-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > General
LSN:	1-4039-6068-2
Barcode:	9781403960689

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