At Ansha's : Life in the Spirit Mosque of a Healer in Mozambique /

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"At Ansha's takes the reader inside the spirit mosque of a female healer in Nampula, northern Mozambique. It is here that Ansha, a Makonde spirit healer, heals the resisting ailments of her patients, discloses pieces of her story of affliction and healing, and engages the world outside her...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Trentini, Daria (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Traditional medicine.
Manners and customs.
Healers.
Traditional medicine > Mozambique.
Healers > Mozambique.
Mozambique.
Mozambique > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ansha and the Spirits
  • Rural and Urban
  • Health and Healing
  • Wives and Husband
  • Demons and Spirits
  • Insiders and Outsiders
  • Mountains
  • Coast
  • Rivers and Bridges
  • Outside the mosque
  • Makhuwa and Maka
  • Books and Roots
  • Muslims of the Spirits, Muslims of the Mosque
  • Healers and the Governo
  • Nurses and Healers
  • Knowing and Not-Knowing
  • Patients
  • Good and Evil
  • Close and Open
  • The Dead and the Living
  • Juniors and Seniors
  • Tradition and Modernity
  • Spirits and Women
  • Returns
  • Life and Death
  • Epilogue.

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