Ngoma : discourses of healing in central and southern Africa /

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Drawing on his recent field research in Kinshasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Mbabane, and Capetown, Janzen reveals how ngoma transcends national and social boundaries.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Janzen, John M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1992.
Series:Comparative studies of health systems and medical care.
Subjects:
Traditional medicine > Africa, Southern.
Traditional medicine > Africa, Central.
Healing > Africa, Southern.
Healing > Africa, Central.
Rites and ceremonies > Africa, Southern.
Rites and ceremonies > Africa, Central.
Mental healing.
Ceremonial Behavior
Medicine, Traditional
Mental Healing
Guérison > Afrique australe.
Guérison par l'esprit.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Healing.
Rites and ceremonies.
Traditional medicine.
Volksmedizin
Heilung
Ritual
Volksgeneeskunde.
Ethnomédecine > Afrique australe.
Ethnomédecine > Afrique centrale.
Guérison Afrique (sud)
Guérison > Afrique centrale.
Rites et cérémonies > Afrique australe.
Rites et cérémonies > Afrique centrale.
Africa, Central
Africa, Southern
Afrique centrale.
Afrique australe.
Central Africa.
Southern Africa.
Zentralafrika
Südafrika
Afrika.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Drawing on his recent field research in Kinshasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Mbabane, and Capetown, Janzen reveals how ngoma transcends national and social boundaries.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 241 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-234) and index.
ISBN:9780520910850
0520910850
0585129320
9780585129327
1282356402
9781282356405

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