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Working with Spirit : Experiencing izangoma Healing in Contemporary South Africa.
In the current model of health dispensation in South Africa there are two major paradigms, the spirit-inspired tradition of izangoma sinyanga and biomedicine. These operate at best in parallel, but more often than not are at odds with one another. This book, based on the author's personal exper...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books, Inc.,
2008.
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| Collection: | Epistemologies of Healing, 3
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Title page-Working with spirit; Contents; Acknowledgements; Terminology; Acronyms; Introduction; Ch 1-Conversations in anthropological theory and method; Ch 2-On the question of Ancestors; Ch 3-Biomedicine and Izangoma Sinyanga; Ch 4-On 'being called'; Illustrations; Ch 5-Graduation (Goduswa) and ancestral evidences; Ch 6-What got into you? Ancestral en-trancement; Ch 7-'Long-nosed' Izangoma and relationship issues in the Izangoma community; Ch 8-Witchcraft and Izangoma Sinyanga in the time of AIDS; Postscript and final thoughts; Glossary of terms; Bibliography; Index.