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LOST PEOPLE
MAGIC AND THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MADAGASCAR |
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David Graeber |
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Book |
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ISBN 10: |
0253219159 |
ISBN 13: |
9780253219152 |
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INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
26 September, 2007 |
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488 |
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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. |
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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. |
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US |
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Indiana University Press |
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