| The Possessed and the Dispossessed |
| Textual Notes |
| Acknowledgments |
| Map |
 | 1. Introduction |
 | I. Historic, Political-Economic, and Social Levels of Experience |
| 2. The Political Economy of the Sambirano |
| 3. National and Local Factions: The Nature of Polyculturalism in Ambanja |
| National Factions: Regionalism and Cultural Stereotypes |
| Social and Cultural Divisions in Ambanja |
| The Social Categories of Ambanja |
| • | Ethnicity and Economic Specialization |
| Religion |
| • | Islam |
| • | The Catholic Church |
| • | Protestantism |
| • | Fomba-gasy, or Malagasy Religion |
| The Effects of Polyculturalism |
| • | Notes |
| 4. Tera-Tany and Vahiny: Insiders and Outsiders |
| II. Spirit Possession in the Sambirano |
| 5. The World of the Spirits |
| 6. Sacred Knowledge and Local Power: Tromba and the Sambirano Economy |
| 7. Spirit Mediumship and Social Identity |
| III. The Conflicts of Town Life |
| 8. The Problems and Conflicts of Town Life: The Adult World |
| 9. The Social World of Children |
| 10. Exorcising the Spirits: The Alternative Therapeutics of Protestantism |
| • | Conclusion: Toward a Reassessment of the Possessed and Dispossesed |
| A. Glossary of Malagasy Terms |
| B. List of the Possessed |
| Bibliography |