Table of Contents
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Book Overview
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Chapter 1
Bearing Sakalava History: A Glossary of Key Terms
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Chapter 2
Into the Maze: Surface and Center, Place, Person, and Potency
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Chapter 3
The Sakalava Poiesis of History: Realizing the Past through Spirit Possession
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Chapter 4
Mechanical Division: Structure and History in the Northwest
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Chapter 5
The Legacy of Lord Diviner, Ndramisara: Organic Division, “Kindedness,” and Sakalava Subjects
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Chapter 6
Personal Particularism, Mediumship, and Distributive Memory
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Chapter 7
Popular Performances: Paying Homage and Gaining Respect
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Chapter 8
The Great Service ( Fanompoa Be )
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Chapter 9
Kassim’s Burden: The Practice of an Exemplary Spirit Medium
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Chapter 10
Answering to History: Conflict, Conscience, and Change
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Chapter 11
The Play of the Past: Historicity in Daily life
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Chapter 12
Conclusion: Imagined Continuities
Overall attention for this book and its chapters
