Turning ‘Water Babies’ (Zaza Rano) into ‘Real Human Beings’ (Vrai Humains)

This article examines the protective measures and rites of blessing that residents of Diégo Suarez use to keep their babies safe from harm and incorporate them into their respective religious and ethnic communities. I argue that new mothers, and their ‘water babies,’ are ‘acquiring bones’ (establish...

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Main Author: Nourse, Erin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2017, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 224-256
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Malagasyans / Ancestor cult / Birth / Ritual / Soziale Platzierung / Religious community / Ethnic identity
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
Further subjects:B birth rituals ancestors African religions identity gender Madagascar
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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