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Pages: 320
Authors: Stacey A. Langwick
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-23 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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This subtle and powerful ethnography examines African healing and its relationship to medical science. Stacey A. Langwick investigates the practices of healers
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Authors: Stacey A. Langwick
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This subtle and powerful ethnography examines African healing and its relationship to medical science. Stacey A. Langwick investigates the practices of healers
Medicine, Mobility, and Power in Global Africa
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Authors: Hansjörg Dilger
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-08 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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Recent political, social, and economic changes in Africa have provoked radical shifts in the landscape of health and healthcare. Medicine, Mobility, and Power i
Experiencing Ritual
Language: en
Pages: 257
Authors: Edith Turner
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-03 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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Experiencing Ritual is Edith Turner's account of how she sighted a spirit form while participating in the Ihamba ritual of the Ndembu. Through her analysis, she
Healing Traditions
Language: en
Pages: 289
Authors: Karen Elizabeth Flint
Categories: Medicine
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Ohio University Press

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Healing Traditions offers a historical perspective to the interactions between South Africa's traditional healers and biomedical practitioners. It provides an u