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 are fishing people of western Madagascar. The identity of the Vezo is not fixed by descent; rather, it is established by what they do. They are people of the sea, distinguished from the farmers around them by their economic specialism. Et...

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