Health in a fragile state : science, sorcery, and spirit in the Lower Congo /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Janzen, John M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2019]
Colección:Africa and the diaspora.
Temas:
Medical care > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Luozi.
Public health > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Luozi.
Medical anthropology > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Luozi.
Public health > Anthropological aspects > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Luozi.
Public Health > history
Santé publique > Congo (République démocratique) > Luozi.
Santé publique > Aspect anthropologique > Congo (République démocratique) > Luozi.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Medical anthropology.
Medical care.
Public health.
Public health > Anthropological aspects.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congo (Democratic Republic) > Luozi.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • PART I: A history of population and disease in the Lower Congo
  • Population decline and rise
  • Postcolonial population and disease trends
  • Part II: The social reproduction of health
  • Health in household, family, and clan
  • Public health and health care institutions, reconfigured
  • Rejoicing in our bodies: popular meanings of health
  • Part II: The legitimation of power and knowledge
  • Dumuna: creating authority from below
  • Science, sorcery, and spirit
  • Legitimation and disease control
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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