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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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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
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| 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
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Volltext (Verlag) |