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Author Janzen, John M., author.

Title Health in a fragile state : science, sorcery, and spirit in the Lower Congo / John M. Janzen.

Publication Info. Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2019]
©2019
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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Africa and the diaspora: history, politics, culture
Africa and the diaspora.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- PART I: A history of population and disease in the Lower Congo -- Population decline and rise -- Postcolonial population and disease trends -- Part II: The social reproduction of health -- Health in household, family, and clan -- Public health and health care institutions, reconfigured -- Rejoicing in our bodies: popular meanings of health -- Part II: The legitimation of power and knowledge -- Dumuna: creating authority from below -- Science, sorcery, and spirit -- Legitimation and disease control -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Medical care -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Luozi.
Medical care.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Luozi.
Public health -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Luozi.
Public health.
Medical anthropology -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Luozi.
Medical anthropology.
Public health -- Anthropological aspects -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Luozi.
Public health -- Anthropological aspects.
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Medical care.
Other Form: Print version: Janzen, John M. Health in a fragile state. Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2019] 9780299325008 (DLC) 2019008136 (OCoLC)1091293573
ISBN 9780299325138 (electronic book)
029932513X (electronic book)
9780299325008
0299325008

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