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    Ngoma : discourses of healing in central and southern Africa (1992)
    Berkeley : University of California Press
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    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
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520072657.001.0001
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