Love Magic and Political Morality in Central Madagascar, 1875-1990

Authors

  • David Graeber London School of Economics
  • Renato Martelli Soares Universidade Federal de São Carlos
  • Leonardo Viana Braga Universidade de São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6332-5345

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v32i2pe216262

Abstract

Essay about the "love magic" initially attributed to women users and then to masculine users and how its use and significance are linked to the French colonial occupation in Madagascar.

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2023-12-22

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Vol. 32 No. 2 (2023)

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Dossiê: David Graeber. Uma etnografia da autoridade

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Graeber, D. (2023). Love Magic and Political Morality in Central Madagascar, 1875-1990 (R. M. Soares & L. V. Braga , Trans.). Cadernos De Campo (São Paulo, 1991), 32(2), e216262. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v32i2pe216262