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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
History, tradition, and religion -- Gnani : banished to the witches' village -- Medical concepts of disease and illness -- Gnani : etiology of diseases and disorders -- Pathologies of prejudice in social mechanisms -- Facing forward. |
| Summary |
This book examines medical outreach in the condemned witches' village of Gnani in Ghana, focusing on clashes between traditional beliefs, religious tenets, and contemporary medical science. It analyzes questions of stigmatization to explore how disease, injury, and illness relate to social condition and the dialogue surrounding witchcraft. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Traditional medicine -- Ghana.
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Traditional medicine. |
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Ghana. |
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Witchcraft.
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Witchcraft. |
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World health.
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Ghana. |
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witchcraft. |
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World health. |
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Flowers, Thomas, 1955- author.
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Bongmba, Elias Kifon, 1953- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Richter, Roxane, author. Witchcraft as a social diagnosis Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017] 9781498523189 (DLC) 2016050857 |
| ISBN |
9781498523196 (electronic) |
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1498523196 |
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9781498523189 (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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