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LOST PEOPLE
MAGIC AND THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MADAGASCAR |
| By: |
David Graeber |
| Format: |
Book |
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| ISBN 10: |
0253219159 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780253219152 |
| Publisher: |
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
26 September, 2007 |
| Pages: |
488 |
| Description: |
Betafo, a rural community in central Madagascar, is divided between descendants of nobles and descendants of slaves. Anthropologist David Graeber uncovers the layers of historical, social, and cultural knowledge required to understand a disastrous communal ordeal and elaborates a new view of power, inequality, and the political role of narrative. |
| Synopsis: |
Betafo, a rural community in central Madagascar, is divided between the descendants of nobles and descendants of slaves. Anthropologist David Graeber arrived for fieldwork at the height of tensions attributed to a disastrous communal ordeal two years earlier. As Graeber uncovers the layers of historical, social, and cultural knowledge required to understand this event, he elaborates a new view of power, inequality, and the political role of narrative. Combining theoretical subtlety, a compelling narrative line, and vividly drawn characters, Lost People is a singular contribution to the anthropology of politics and the literature on ethnographic writing. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Indiana University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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