...Mansaré Marikandia Some scholars think that the designation Vezo relates solely to the way of life of fisher populations along the southwestern coast of Madagascar. Yet both Vezo and migrant fishers occupy this space. Prohibitions on sheep observed by all Vezo lineages of the Fihereña coast...

..., exist and live between Vezo—fishers—of the coast and Masikoro—agro-breeders—of the interior. They live by being distinct from each other, even if ‘‘their economic strategies intermingle and even if today the three...

... as such. The Mikea of southwestern Madagascar are associated with the forest and foraging and contrasted with Vezo fishers and Masikoro agropastoralists, yet these groups and their economic strategies both intermingle. Mystique, pride, stigma, and resource claims together provide diverse, often conflicting...

... antecedents involved in the ongoing construction of Vezo ethnicity. Like Dina, he accentuates in- ternal factors affecting sentiments of collective identity. Unlike Dina, how- ever, his focus is not on the history of Andrevola...

..., and they are separated from the sea by Vezo mariners. The Masikoro cur- rently occupy the territory limited on the south by the Onilahy River and on the north by the Mangoky River. The term Masikoro, which was also used in the Menabe...

... of ethnicity in the Malagasy context has already been undertaken by Rita As- tuti’s (1995) study of the Vezo, which shows it can only be understood when ideas of the person, as he or she goes through life and as he or she relates...

... that rose and fell in this region before French 2 colonial rule. A similar criticism can be leveled at Rita Astuti’s influential 3 account of Vezo...

...Michael Lambek American Society for Ethnohistory 2001 Astuti, Rita 1995 People of the Sea: Identity and Descent among the Vezo of Madagascar . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Bernstein, Richard 1983 Between Objectivism and Relativism . Philadelphia: University...

... southern Madagascar. James W. Yount, Tsiazonera, and Bram T. Tucker report on the Mikea, Jeanne Dina on the Masikoro, and Man- saré Marikandia on the Vezo, three groups from western Madagascar. Two more articles are not about...

... and the historical narratives they imply might be studied in relation to the political interests they serve. American Society for Ethnohistory 2001 Astuti, Rita 1995 People of the Sea: Identity and Descent among the Vezo of Madagascar . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Baré, Jean-François...

..., Philippe 1962 [1960] Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life . Robert Baldick, trans. New York: Vintage. Astuti, Rita 1995 People of the Sea: Identity and Descent among the Vezo of Madagascar . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Bayart, Jean-François 1989 L'État en...

... ‘‘Tandroy ‘‘Vezo and ‘‘Masikoro I will not often use these ethnonyms here. Instead, I refer to a group of cactus pastoralists all with different lineages and territories. This points to an important similarity between...