Ngoma : discourses of healing in central and southern Africa / John M. Janzen.
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TextSeries: Comparative studies of health systems and medical carePublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, �1992.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 241 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780520910850
- 0520910850
- 0585129320
- 9780585129327
- 1282356402
- 9781282356405
- Traditional medicine -- Africa, Southern
- Traditional medicine -- Africa, Central
- Healing -- Africa, Southern
- Healing -- Africa, Central
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa, Southern
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa, Central
- Ceremonial Behavior
- Medicine, Traditional
- Mental Healing
- Africa, Central
- Africa, Southern
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General
- Healing
- Rites and ceremonies
- Traditional medicine
- Central Africa
- Southern Africa
- Volksmedizin
- Heilung
- Ritual
- Zentralafrika
- South Africa
- Volksgeneeskunde
- Afrika
- Ethnom�edecine -- Afrique australe
- Ethnom�edecine -- Afrique centrale
- Gu�erison Afrique (sud)
- Gu�erison -- Afrique centrale
- Rites et c�er�emonies -- Afrique australe
- Rites et c�er�emonies -- Afrique centrale
- 398/.353 20
- GR358 .J36 1992eb
- WB 50 HA1
- 11.98
- 11.98.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-234) and index.
Print version record.
Settings and Samples in African Cults of Affliction -- Identifying 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.
Drawing on his recent field research in Kinshasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Mbabane, and Capetown, Janzen reveals how ngoma transcends national and social boundaries.
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