| Description |
xxii, 468 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Anthropological horizons |
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Anthropological horizons.
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| Contents |
Stylistic Conventions and Conundrums -- Pt. I. Introductions. 1. Knowledge and Hubris. 2. Locating Knowledge in Mayotte: Structure, History, and Practice. 3. Village Organization and the Distribution of Knowledge -- Pt. II. The Social Organization of Textual Knowledge. 4. Islam: The Perspective from the Path. 5. Educating Citizens: The Reproduction of Textual Knowledge. 6. Islamic Experts: Practice and Power -- Pt. III. Counterpractices: Cosmology and the Ins and Outs of Sorcery. 7. Knowledge with Power: The Discipline of Cosmology. 8. Knowledge and Antipractice: Committing Sorcery. 9. Removing Sorcery: Committing (to) the Cure -- Pt. IV. Embodied Knowledge and the Practice of Spirit Mediums. 10. The Reproduction of Possession: Gaining a Voice. 11. Tumbu and Mohedja: Excerpts from the Healers' Practice. 12. Granaries, Turtles, and the Whole Damn Thing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Islam -- Mayotte.
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Knowledge, Theory of (Islam)
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Spirit possession -- Mayotte.
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| SUBJECT |
Mayotte http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81141395 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
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| LC no. |
94150337 |
| ISBN |
0802029604 (bound) |
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0802077838 (paperback) |
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