| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 241 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Comparative studies of health systems and medical care
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Comparative studies of health systems and medical care.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-234) and index. |
| Contents |
Settings and Samples in African Cults of Affliction -- Identifying Ngoma Historical and Comparative Perspectives -- Core Features in Ngoma Therapy -- Doing Ngoma: The Texture of Personal Transformation -- How Ngoma Works: Of Codes and Consciousness -- How Ngoma Works: The Social Reproduction of Health. |
| Summary |
Drawing on his recent field research in Kinshasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Mbabane, and Capetown, Janzen reveals how ngoma transcends national and social boundaries. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Traditional medicine -- Africa, Southern.
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Traditional medicine. |
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Southern Africa. |
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Traditional medicine -- Africa, Central.
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Central Africa. |
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Healing -- Africa, Southern.
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Healing. |
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Healing -- Africa, Central.
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Rites and ceremonies -- Africa, Southern.
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Rites and ceremonies. |
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Rites and ceremonies -- Africa, Central.
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Ceremonial Behavior. |
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Medicine, Traditional. |
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Mental Healing. |
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Africa, Central. |
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Africa, Southern. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Janzen, John M. Ngoma. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1992 0520072650 (DLC) 91043703 (OCoLC)24907740 |
| ISBN |
9780520910850 (electronic book) |
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0520910850 (electronic book) |
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0585129320 (electronic book) |
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9780585129327 (electronic book) |
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1282356402 |
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9781282356405 |
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9780520072657 (alkaline paper) |
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0520072650 (alkaline paper) |
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