Ancestors, Power and History in MadagascarKaren Middleton BRILL, 2023 M07 3 The peoples of Madagascar are renowned for the prominence they give to the dead. In this edited volume, regional specialists reassess the significance of ancestors for changing relations of power, emerging identities, and local historical consciousness. Case-studies include The Royal Bath of 1817 (Pier Larson), Succession in an Urbanized Sakalava Kingdom (Lesley Sharp), The Antankaraìa Ritual Cycle (Michael Lambek, Andrew Walsh), Nineteenth-Century Norwegian Missionary Culture (Karina Hestad Skeie), Sacrifice on the East Coast (Jennifer Cole), Violence among the Zafimaniry (Maurice Bloch), and Circumcision and Colonialism in the South (Karen Middleton). Three further chapters present original research on slavery, memory, and cultural politics in the Highlands (Sandra Evers, David Graeber, Françoise Raison-Jourde). Diversity and complexity make this volume a valuable addition to the literature on ritual and religion. |
Contents
1 Introduction | 1 |
Ritual Inversions During the Fandroana of 1817 | 37 |
The Importance of the House to Nineteenth Century Norwegian Missionaries in Madagascar | 71 |
The Anxieties of Succession in an Urbanized Sakalava Kingdom | 103 |
Identity History and Ritual in Northern Madagascar | 145 |
6 Eating Young Men Among the Zafimaniry | 175 |
7 Sacrifice Narratives and Experience in East Madagascar | 191 |
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African Alohotsy Ambalavao Ambanja ances ancestors ancestral land andevo Andraisisa andriana Andrianampoinimerina Ankadivoribe Ankify Antananarivo Antankaraña Baré Bemazava Betafo Betsileo Betsimisaraka blessing Bloch buried cattle century ceremony Christian circumcision circumcision ritual colonial Comaroff context corpse cult Davidson dead death descendants doany ethnic European famadihana family tomb fandroana father Feeley-Harnik fotsy free descent French Graeber Haslund Hastie Hastie's hazomanga highland Malagasy hova identity James Hastie Karembola king kingdom Lambek Lina living Madagascar mahabo mainty Malagasy language Malgache mast mast-raising Maurice Bloch means Merina Middleton migrants mission station mortuary narratives Norwegian mission Norwegian missionaries olona Palais Royal Paris political practice Radama Rainitaba Raison-Jourde raketa referred region rice rova royalty ruler sacred sacrifice Sakalava Sambirano sampy sense slaves social spirits story symbolic taboos Tanambao tanindrazana tion tompon-tany traditional Tsiaraso Rachidy Tsiaraso Victor Vakinankaratra vazaha Vazimba Victor III village violence young Zafimaniry