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Author:   Anita Jacobson-Widding ,  David Westerlund
Publisher:   Almqvist & Wiksell Internat.
Imprint:   Almqvist & Wiksell Internat.
Edition:   illustrated edition
Volume:   vol 13
ISBN:  

9789155423254

ISBN 10:   9155423256
Pages:   310
Publication Date:   April 1989
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part 1 Culture: cultural categories and the power of the almighty, Anita Jacobson-Widding; notions of heat and fever among the Manyika of Zimbabwe, Anita Jacobson-Widding; gender metaphors in maladies and medicines;the symbolism of protective charms among the Giriama of Kenya, Monica Udvardy; the meaning of illness among the Koma of Northern Nigeria, Bjarke Paarup-Laursen; why trees are medicine; aspects of Maasai cosmology, Kaj Arhem; incorporating the unknown; the power of Southern Somali medicine, Bernhard Helander. Part 2 Experience: personal experience and official ideology; the illness of the double bind, Anita Jacobson-Widding; confessions of guilt and restoration to health; some illustrative Zulu examples, Axel-Ivar Berglund; curse as a manifestation of broken human relationships among the Meru of Tanzania; the epidemiological aspect of spirit possession among the Maasai of Tanzania, Arvi Hurskainen; possession as cure; the Ayaana cult among the Waso Borana, Gudrun Dahl. Part 3 Pluralism: indigenous pluralism and multiple medical systems, David Westerlund; pluralism and change; a comparative and historical approach to African disease etiologies, David Westerlund; witchcraft as explanation; The case of the Zinza, Svein Bjerke; philosophy of medicine among the Maasai, Tord Olsson; healer, witch, prophet or modern health worker? - the changing role of Ngaka ya Setswana , Benedicte Ingstad; manipulation of multiple health systems in the coastal regions of Tanzania, Marja Liisa Swantz; anthropological approaches to African misfortune. from religion to medicine, Susan Reynolds Whyte.

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