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Witchcraft as a social diagnosis : traditional Ghanaian beliefs and global health /
This book examines medical outreach in the condemned witches' village of Gnani in Ghana, focusing on clashes between traditional beliefs, religious tenets, and contemporary medical science. It analyzes questions of stigmatization to explore how disease, injury, and illness relate to social cond...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2017]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- History, tradition, and religion
- Gnani : banished to the witches' village
- Medical concepts of disease and illness
- Gnani : etiology of diseases and disorders
- Pathologies of prejudice in social mechanisms
- Facing forward.