Of life and health : the language of art and religion in an African medical system /

An anthropological study of the health system of the Dagara people of northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso, Of Life and Health develops a cultural and epistemological lexicon of Dagara life by examining its religious, ritual, and artistic expressions. Consisting of ethnographic descriptions and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tengan, Alexis B. (Alexis Bekyane) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2018.
Temas:
Dagaaba (African people) > Social life and customs.
Dagaaba (African people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Healing > Ghana > Religious aspects.
Healing > Burkina Faso > Religious aspects.
Ritual > Ghana.
Ritual > Burkina Faso.
Dagari (Peuple d'Afrique) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Dagari (Peuple d'Afrique) > Rites et cérémonies.
Guérison > Ghāna > Aspect religieux.
Guérison > Burkina Faso > Aspect religieux.
Rituel > Ghāna.
Rituel > Burkina Faso.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Dagaaba (African people) > Rites and ceremonies
Healing > Religious aspects
Ritual
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Scientific language, knowledge frames and ways of reasoning
  • Life animation and transmission: the language of the ancestors
  • Life resources, sustenance, and growth: the language of the spirit and life force of nature (kantanme)
  • Health delivery and healing processes: the white bagr healing cult and the food domain
  • Health delivery and healing processes: the black bagr healing cult and the domain of the inedible and undomesticated
  • Language and cultural ideation on healing: the healer and the healing cult (Tibr)
  • The healer, the healing cult and the patient observed
  • Conclusion. Nature and the cosmic life in elements: (animated beings, objects and things).

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