People of the Sea: Identity and Descent Among the Vezo of Madagascar by Rita Astuti

People of the Sea: Identity and Descent Among the Vezo of Madagascar

Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology #95

Rita Astuti

204 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

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The Vezo, a fishing people of western Madagascar, are known as 'the people who struggle with the sea'. Dr Astuti explores their identity, showing that it is established through what people do rather than being determined by descent. Vezo identity ...

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