Working with Spirit : : Experiencing ‹i›Izangoma‹/i› Healing in Contemporary South Africa / / Jo Thobeka Wreford.
In the current model of health dispensation in South Africa there are two major paradigms, the spirit-inspired tradition of izangoma sinyanga and biomedicine. These operate at best in parallel, but more often than not are at odds with one another. This book, based on the author’s personal experience...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2008] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Epistemologies of Healing ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Terminology
- Acronyms
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Conversations in Anthropological Theory and Method
- Chapter 2 On the Question of Ancestors
- Chapter 3 Biomedicine and Izangoma Sinyanga— Fundamental Misunderstandings and Avoidable Mistakes
- Chapter 4 On “Being Called” (Ukubiswa)
- Illustrations
- Chapter 5 Graduation (Goduswa) and Ancestral Evidences
- Chapter 6 What Got into You? Ancestral En-trancement
- Chapter 7 “Long-nosed” Izangoma and Relationship Issues in the Izangoma Community
- Chapter 8 Witchcraft and Izangoma Sinyanga in the Time of AIDS
- Postscript and Final Thoughts
- Glossary of Terms
- Bibliography
- Index