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La moralité des conventions: tabous ancestraux à Madagascar

Astuti, Rita ORCID: 0000-0002-8399-0753 (2007) La moralité des conventions: tabous ancestraux à Madagascar. Terrain, 48. pp. 101-112. ISSN 0760-5668

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Abstract

The morality of conventions: Ancestral taboos in Madagascar The Vezo of Madagascar have to obey many ancestral taboos which prohibit eating certain foods, uttering certain words, wearing certain clothes, walking to certain places or being intimate with certain persons. For them, the actions thus banned are neither right nor wrong; and a burdensome taboos can be lifted by observing special, if costly, rites. In this respect, Vezo taboos are conventional norms. However, compliance with with the intentions of the ancestors who originally established these taboos is the most distinctive moral act performed by a Vezo adult. The distinction between conventional and moral norms is explored by using data from field work.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://terrain.revues.org/document5041.html.
Additional Information: © 2007 La Mission Ethnologie
Divisions: Anthropology
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
Date Deposited: 06 Aug 2008 08:35
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 13:25
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/14835

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