Culture, experience and pluralism : essays on African ideas of illness and healing.
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| Format: | Ouvrage |
| Sprog: | Anglais |
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Uppsala :
University of Uppsala,
1989.
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| Serier: | Uppsala Studies in Cultural Anthropology ;
13 |
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
- Cultural Categories and the Power of Ambiguity / Jacobson-Widding, A.
- Notions of Heat and Fever among the Manyika of Zimbabwe / Jacobson-Widding, A.
- Gender Metaphors in Maladies and Medicines : The symbolism of protective charms among the Giriama of Kenya / Udvardy, M.
- The Meaning of Illness among the Koma of Northern Nigeria / Paarup-Laursen, B.
- Why Trees are Medicine : Aspects of Maasai cosmology / Arhem, K.
- Incorporating the Unknown : The power of Southern Somali medicine / Helander, B.
- Personal Experience and Official Ideology : The illness of the double bind / Jacobson-Widding, A.
- Confessions of Guilt and Restoration to Health : Some illustrative Zulu examples / Berglund, A.-I.
- Curse as a Manifestation of Broken Human Relationships among the Meru of Tanzania / Harhula, R.
- The Epidemiological Aspect of Spirit Possession among the Maasai of Tanzania / Hurskainen, A.
- Possession as Cure : The Ayaana cult among the Waso Borana / Dahl, G.
- Indigenous Pluralism and Multiple Medical Systems / Westerlund, D.
- Pluralism and Change : A comparative and historical approach to african disease etiologies / Westerlund, D.
- Witchraft as Explanation : The case of the Zinza / Bjerke, S.
- Philosophy of Medicine among the Maasai / Olsson, T.
- Healer, Witch, Prophet or Modern Health Worker? The changing role of Ngaka ya Setswana / Ingstad, B.
- Manipulation of Multiple Health Systems in the Coastal Regions of Tanzania / Swantz, M.-L.
- Anthropological Approaches to African Misfortune : From religion to medicine / Whyte, S.R.