03578nam 2200709 a 450 991081718060332120200520144314.01-283-29244-0978661329244590-04-22387-810.1163/9789004223875(CKB)2550000000049718(EBL)783306(OCoLC)756484392(SSID)ssj0000555429(PQKBManifestationID)11377674(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000555429(PQKBWorkID)10519298(PQKB)10855058(MiAaPQ)EBC783306(OCoLC)763160747(nllekb)BRILL9789004223875(Au-PeEL)EBL783306(CaPaEBR)ebr10502534(CaONFJC)MIL329244(PPN)174546297(EXLCZ)99255000000004971820110720d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRitual imagination[electronic resource] a study of tromba possession among the Betsimisaraka in eastern Madagascar /by Hilde NielssenLeiden ;Boston Brill20121 online resource (340 p.)Studies of religion in Africa,0169-9814 ;v. 40Description based upon print version of record.90-04-21524-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.The village -- The Betsimisaraka, history and the spread of tromba -- Localising tromba -- A spirit world of movement and change -- Making connections: spirits, persons and places -- Tromba nights of clapping, song and dance -- The judgement bath -- Tromba and the radical imaginary -- Tromba, translocality and the magic of the Malagasy nation -- Epilogue: magic and political imagination.Ritual Imagination is a study of spirit possession and ritual dynamics. Based on fieldwork in eastern Madagascar, Hilde Nielssen shows how tromba possession works as a flexible and fluid force, whose ritual imaginary playfully draws together elements from radically different cultural and social domains, thereby constituting human realities and creating ways of relating to changing and disjunctive circumstances. Tromba's strength lies in its fluid capacities to relate to ongoing social change by altering its own practices, while at the same time continuing to heal person and cosmos. The book critically addresses the still dominant perspective in anthropology, where rituals are understood as representations of culture and society. Using tromba as a pivotal case in the critique of ritual as representation, this book offers a fresh perspective on ritual and spirit possession.Studies on religion in Africa ;40.Spirit possessionMadagascarBetsimisaraka (Malagasy people)ReligionBetsimisaraka (Malagasy people)Rites and ceremoniesBetsimisaraka (Malagasy people)Social life and customsCultsMadagascarSpirit possessionBetsimisaraka (Malagasy people)Religion.Betsimisaraka (Malagasy people)Rites and ceremonies.Betsimisaraka (Malagasy people)Social life and customs.Cults299.923Nielssen Hilde1703492MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817180603321Ritual imagination4088724UNINA