Spirit Wives and Church Mothers Marriage, Survival, and Healing in Central Mozambique.
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Madison :
University of Wisconsin Press,
2023.
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Series: | Women in Africa and the Diaspora Series.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. "The World Is Upside Down": The Search for Healing in a World Out of Balance
- Part I. Suffering in Historical and Contemporary Contexts
- 2. Healing and Harming: Ancestral Tradition and Spirits across Generations
- 3. Economic Exclusion: The Search for Cash on the Margins
- 4. A Precarious World: The Hospital as Complementary Medicine
- Part II. Searching for Stability
- 5. Wives and Mothers: Misfortune and Women's Vulnerability in Marriage
- 6. Spirit Wives: Managing Spirits and Husbands
- 7. Church Mothers: Pentecostal Churchwomen Navigating Marriage
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index