Human Spirits: A Cultural Account of Trance in Mayotte

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Summary

This book describes and interprets trance behaviour among the Malagasy speakers of Mayotte.

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List of tables and figures
Preface: cultural zero
Acknowledgements
Stylistic conventions
Introduction
Spirits and Hosts in Mayotte
An overview of Mayotte society
Who the spirits are not: possession and Islam
The nature of spirits: first approximations
The incidence of trance
Possession as a system of communication
The Syntagmatic Dimension
Negotiation and energence: the case of Habiba
Medicine and transformation: the case of Habiba continued
The hidden name: the case of Rukia
Of affines and annunciations
The Paradigmatic Dimension
The trumba spirits
The world of possession
The spirits as children
Conclusion
Appendix: Additional classes of possession spirits in Mayotte
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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