Expropriated from the hereafter: the fate of the landless in the Southern Highlands of Madagascar

During the period following the abolition of slavery by the French colonial government in 1896, the Southern Highlands of Madagascar was settled by ex-slaves. These early settlers constructed a foundation myth of themselves as tompon-tany, or 'masters of the land', a discourse not only equating land with tombs, kinship and ancestors, but also coupled with a skilful deployment of 'Malagasy customs'. In order to exclude later migrants who also wanted to settle, the 'masters of the land' attempted to establish control over holdings in the area. To this end, and to reinforce their own legitimacy as landholders, the tompon-tany labelled subsequent migrants andevo ('lave' or of 'slave descent') who - as a tombless people - have no rights to land. Because they have neither tombs nor ancestors, the landless andevo are socially ostracised and economically marginalised. As an 'impure people', they are not entitled to a place in the hereafter

Anthropology : the exploration of human diversity

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Cultural anthropology

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Cultural anthropology

Buku ini memperkenalkan kepada pembaca untuk mempelajari antropologi di mana buku ini akan terfokus pada empat sub disiplin yaitu budaya, arkeologi, biologi/fisik, dan linguistik. Conrad Phillip Kottak menginformasikan secara menyeluruh dan up-to-date tentang antropologi budaya. Kottak menekankan mengapa pembaca harus peduli terhadap antropologi dan memahami antropologi untuk memahami dirinya.xxxiv, 390 hlm.: ilus.; 27 cm

A Guide for student anthropologits researching American Culture/ Edit.: Conrad Philip Kottak

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Anthropology : the exploration of human diversity

Today there are new issues and approaches, such as molecular anthropology and new forms of spatial analysis. The fossil and archaeological records expand every day. Profound change have affected the people and societies ethnographers have traditionally studiedxxix, 720 p.: ill; 26 cm

Cultural anthropology

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