ISBN:
9780520910850
,
0520910850
,
0585129320
,
9780585129327
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xv, 241 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Comparative studies of health systems and medical care
Parallel Title:
Print version Ngoma
DDC:
398/.353
Keywords:
Traditional medicine Africa, Southern
;
Traditional medicine Africa, Central
;
Healing Africa, Southern
;
Healing Africa, Central
;
Rites and ceremonies Africa, Southern
;
Rites and ceremonies Africa, Central
;
Healing
;
Rites and ceremonies
;
Rites and ceremonies
;
Healing
;
Traditional medicine
;
Traditional medicine
;
Traditional medicine
;
Traditional medicine
;
Healing
;
Healing
;
Rites and ceremonies
;
Rites and ceremonies
;
Mental Healing
;
Africa, Southern
;
Africa, Central
;
Africa, Southern
;
Mental Healing
;
Ceremonial Behavior
;
Mental Healing
;
Ceremonial Behavior
;
Medicine, Traditional
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; General
;
Healing
;
Rites and ceremonies
;
Traditional medicine
;
Volksmedizin
;
Heilung
;
Ritual
;
Volksgeneeskunde
;
Ethnomédecine ; Afrique australe
;
Ethnomédecine ; Afrique centrale
;
Guérison Afrique (sud)
;
Guérison ; Afrique centrale
;
Rites et cérémonies ; Afrique australe
;
Rites et cérémonies ; Afrique centrale
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Folklore & Mythology
;
Africa, Southern
;
Africa, Central
;
Afrika
;
Central Africa
;
Zentralafrika
;
South Africa
;
Southern Africa
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Drawing on his recent field research in Kinshasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Mbabane, and Capetown, Janzen reveals how ngoma transcends national and social boundaries
Description / Table of Contents:
Settings and Samples in African Cults of AfflictionIdentifying Ngoma Historical and Comparative Perspectives -- Core Features in Ngoma Therapy -- Doing Ngoma: The Texture of Personal Transformation -- How Ngoma Works: Of Codes and Consciousness -- How Ngoma Works: The Social Reproduction of Health.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-234) and index. - Description based on print version record
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520072657.001.0001
URL:
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