Reclaiming lost ancestors and acknowledging slave descent: Insights from Madagascar

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 616-645

  Brown, Margaret L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; CULTURAL IDENTITY; KINSHIP; SLAVE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 4344679200     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0010417504000283     Document Type: Article

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