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Lost People: Magic and the Legacy of Slavery in Madagascar
Betafo, a rural community in central Madagascar, is divided between the descendants of nobles and descendants of slaves. Anthropologist David Graeber arrived for fieldwork at the height of tensions attributed to a disastrous communal ordeal two years earlier. As Graeber uncovers the layers of historical, social, and cultural knowledge required to understand this event, he...more
Paperback, 469 pages
Published
September 1st 2007
by Indiana University Press
(first published June 28th 2007)
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My, oh my. A cultural ethnography that's unique, lyrical, and carries with it both magic and considerable intellectual force. I read something in the Chronicle of Higher Education about this book being, in many ways, a touchstone or inspiration for the OWS movement, an articulation of what happened in one part of Madagascar when the people, previously riven by all kinds of divides, including that between slavers and slaves, decided to create a democracy without government. I bought this to educa...more
Chock full of funny, interesting stories, and written in David's usual fluid and accessible style. Very good ethnography.
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David Rolfe Graeber is an American anthropologist and anarchist.
On June 15, 2007, Graeber accepted the offer of a lectureship in the anthropology department at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where he currently holds the title of Reader in Social Anthropology.
He was an associate professor of anthropology at Yale University, although Yale controversially declined to rehire him, and his te...more
More about David Graeber...
On June 15, 2007, Graeber accepted the offer of a lectureship in the anthropology department at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where he currently holds the title of Reader in Social Anthropology.
He was an associate professor of anthropology at Yale University, although Yale controversially declined to rehire him, and his te...more
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