Bodies, politics, and African healing : the matter of maladies in Tanzania / / Stacey A. Langwick.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
:
TeilnehmendeR:
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:xii, 300 p. :; ill.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • A short genealogy of traditional medicine: Witchcraft, oracles, and native medicine ; Making Tanzanian traditional medicine
  • Hailing traditional experts: Healers and their intimate becomings ; Traditional birth attendants as institutional evocations
  • Healing matters: Alternative materialities ; Interferences and inclusions ; Shifting existences, or being and not-being.