David Graeber

Lost People

Magic and the Legacy of Slavery in Madagascar

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 784g
• ISBN-13: 9780253219152
• ISBN-10: 0253219159
• Artikelnr.: 22359705

Autorenporträt

David Graeber

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Notes on Malagasy Pronunciation
1. Betafo, 1990
2. Royal Authority
3. Negative Authority
4. Character
5. A Brief History of Betafo
6. Anti-Heroic Politics
7. The Trials of Miadana
8. Lost People
9. The Descendants of Rainitamaina
10. It Must Have Gone Something Like This
11. Catastrophe
12. Epilogue
Glossary of Malagasy Terms
Personal Names in Text
Important Places Named in Text
Notes
Bibliography
Index