Spirit Wives and Church Mothers Marriage, Survival, and Healing in Central Mozambique.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schuetze, Christy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 2023.
Series:Women in Africa and the Diaspora Series.
Subjects:
Women and religion > Mozambique > Gorongosa District.
Pentecostal women > Mozambique > Gorongosa District.
Women mediums > Mozambique > Gorongosa District.
Women healers > Mozambique > Gorongosa District.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
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

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