The saint, the sea monster, and an invitation to a dîner-dansant: ethnographic reflections on the edgy passage — and the double edge — of modernity, Mayotte 1975-2001
Lambek, M.
(2004).
The saint, the sea monster, and an invitation to a dîner-dansant: ethnographic reflections on the edgy passage — and the double edge — of modernity, Mayotte 1975-2001.
Anthropologica,
46(1), 57-68.
This depiction of social change in the Western Indian Ocean emphasizes consciousness, agency, and temporal experience as Malagasy are poised between grasping the future and completing - but also regretting - the past.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2004 Wilfrid Laurier University |
| Departments | LSE > Academic Departments > Anthropology |
| Date Deposited | 30 Sep 2008 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/15523 |
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