Healing Traditions : African Medicine, Cultural Exchange, & Competition in South Africa, 1820-1948 /

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Flint, Karen Elizabeth, 1968-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2008.
Collection:New African histories series.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Witchcraft > history > South Africa.
Missions and Missionaries > history > South Africa.
History, 20th Century > South Africa.
History, 19th Century > South Africa.
Colonialism > history > South Africa.
Medicine, African Traditional > history > South Africa.
Traditional medicine > South Africa > History.
Medicine > South Africa > History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Healing the body : disease, knowledge, and medical practices in the Zulu kingdom
  • Healing the body politic : muthi, healers, and nation building in the Zulu kingdom
  • Early African-white encounters : healers, witchcraft, and colonial rule, 1830/91
  • Competition, race, and professionalization : African healers and white medical practitioners, 1891/1948
  • African-Indian encounters and their influence on African therapeutics, 1860/1948.

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