Bodies, politics, and African healing : the matter of maladies in Tanzania /

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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 in Tanzania who confront the most intractable illnesses in the region, including AIDS and malaria. She reveals how healers generate ne...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Langwick, Stacey Ann
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Traditional medicine > Tanzania.
Medical care > Tanzania.
Ethnology.
Anthropology, Cultural
Medicine, African Traditional
Ethnology
Ethnologie.
social anthropology.
ethnology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Medical care
Traditional medicine
Tanzania
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This subtle and powerful ethnography examines African healing and its relationship to medical science. Stacey A. Langwick investigates the practices of healers in Tanzania who confront the most intractable illnesses in the region, including AIDS and malaria. She reveals how healers generate new therapies and shape the bodies of their patients as they address devils and parasites, anti-witchcraft medicine, and child immunization. Transcending the dualisms between tradition and science, culture and nature, belief and knowledge, Langwick tells a new story about the materiality of healing and postcolonial politics. This important work bridges postcolonial theory, science, public health, and anthropology"--Back cover
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 300 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-290) and index.
ISBN:9780253001962
025300196X

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