Of Life and Health : : The Language of Art and Religion in an African Medical System /

Of Life and Health : : The Language of Art and Religion in an African Medical System / / Alexis Bekyane Tengan.

An anthropological study of the health system of the Dagara people of northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso, Of Life and Health develops a cultural and epistemological lexicon of Dagara life by examining its religious, ritual, and artistic expressions. Consisting of ethnographic descriptions and...

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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction. About Life and Health -- Chapter 1. Scientific Language, Knowledge Frameworks and Ways of Reasoning -- Chapter 2. Life Animation and Transmission: The Language of the Ancestors -- Chapter 3. Life Resources, Sustenance and Growth: The Language of the Spirit and Life-Force of Nature (Kɔntɔnmɛ) -- Chapter 4. Health Delivery and Healing Processes: The White Bagr Healing Cult and the Food Domain -- Chapter 5. Health Delivery and Healing Processes: The Black Bagr Healing Cult and the Domain of Healing Toxins, the Inedible and Undomesticated -- Chapter 6. Language and the Cultural Ideation of Healing: The Healer and the Healing Cult (Tibr) -- Chapter 7. The Healer, the Healing Cult and the Patient Observed -- Conclusion. Nature and the Cosmic Life in Elements -- Appendix -- References -- Index
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An anthropological study of the health system of the Dagara people of northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso, Of Life and Health develops a cultural and epistemological lexicon of Dagara life by examining its religious, ritual, and artistic expressions. Consisting of ethnographic descriptions and analyses of six Dagara cultic institutions, each of which deals with different aspects of sustaining and transmitting life, the volume gives a holistic account of the Dagara knowledge system.
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Dagaaba (African people) Rites and ceremonies.
Dagaaba (African people) Social life and customs.
Healing Religious aspects Burkina Faso.
Healing Religious aspects Ghana.
Healing Burkina Faso Religious aspects.
Healing Ghana Religious aspects.
Ritual Burkina Faso.
Ritual Ghana.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. bisacsh
Dagara, Health System, Medical System, Healing Systems, Ghana, Burkina Faso, African Anthropology.
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Of Life and Health : The Language of Art and Religion in an African Medical System /
Frontmatter --
Contents --
List of Figures --
List of Tables --
Introduction. About Life and Health --
Chapter 1. Scientific Language, Knowledge Frameworks and Ways of Reasoning --
Chapter 2. Life Animation and Transmission: The Language of the Ancestors --
Chapter 3. Life Resources, Sustenance and Growth: The Language of the Spirit and Life-Force of Nature (Kɔntɔnmɛ) --
Chapter 4. Health Delivery and Healing Processes: The White Bagr Healing Cult and the Food Domain --
Chapter 5. Health Delivery and Healing Processes: The Black Bagr Healing Cult and the Domain of Healing Toxins, the Inedible and Undomesticated --
Chapter 6. Language and the Cultural Ideation of Healing: The Healer and the Healing Cult (Tibr) --
Chapter 7. The Healer, the Healing Cult and the Patient Observed --
Conclusion. Nature and the Cosmic Life in Elements --
Appendix --
References --
Index
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title_alt Frontmatter --
Contents --
List of Figures --
List of Tables --
Introduction. About Life and Health --
Chapter 1. Scientific Language, Knowledge Frameworks and Ways of Reasoning --
Chapter 2. Life Animation and Transmission: The Language of the Ancestors --
Chapter 3. Life Resources, Sustenance and Growth: The Language of the Spirit and Life-Force of Nature (Kɔntɔnmɛ) --
Chapter 4. Health Delivery and Healing Processes: The White Bagr Healing Cult and the Food Domain --
Chapter 5. Health Delivery and Healing Processes: The Black Bagr Healing Cult and the Domain of Healing Toxins, the Inedible and Undomesticated --
Chapter 6. Language and the Cultural Ideation of Healing: The Healer and the Healing Cult (Tibr) --
Chapter 7. The Healer, the Healing Cult and the Patient Observed --
Conclusion. Nature and the Cosmic Life in Elements --
Appendix --
References --
Index
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contents Frontmatter --
Contents --
List of Figures --
List of Tables --
Introduction. About Life and Health --
Chapter 1. Scientific Language, Knowledge Frameworks and Ways of Reasoning --
Chapter 2. Life Animation and Transmission: The Language of the Ancestors --
Chapter 3. Life Resources, Sustenance and Growth: The Language of the Spirit and Life-Force of Nature (Kɔntɔnmɛ) --
Chapter 4. Health Delivery and Healing Processes: The White Bagr Healing Cult and the Food Domain --
Chapter 5. Health Delivery and Healing Processes: The Black Bagr Healing Cult and the Domain of Healing Toxins, the Inedible and Undomesticated --
Chapter 6. Language and the Cultural Ideation of Healing: The Healer and the Healing Cult (Tibr) --
Chapter 7. The Healer, the Healing Cult and the Patient Observed --
Conclusion. Nature and the Cosmic Life in Elements --
Appendix --
References --
Index
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