Human Spirits: A Cultural Account of Trance in Mayotte Lambek Paperback

Name: Human Spirits: A Cultural Account of Trance in Mayotte Lambek Paperback
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Human Spirits\nby Michael Lambek\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Michael Lambek\nTitle: Human Spirits\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social and cultural anthropology\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nPublication year: 1981\nISBN-13: 9780521282550\nISBN-10: 0521282551\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis book describes and interprets trance behaviour among the Malagasy speakers of Mayotte. The author argues that trance can best be understood as a social activity rather than as a psychological problem or a means of manipulating others. This book should be of particular interest to those concerned with the study of ritual, symbols and non-Western religious systems.\n\nThis book describes and interprets trance behaviour among the Malagasy speakers of Mayotte. The autho.