Restoring the balance : : performing healing in West Papua / / Ien Courtens.
Who made Mama Raja ill? This question, buzzing around the village, starts off this anthropological study on healing performances in the context of religious change. The fascinating case is presented of a seriously ill woman of high standing in northwest Ayfat, located in the interior of the Bird’s H...
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (262 pages) |
| Notes: | Rev. version of the author's doctoral thesis, Radboud University Nijmegen. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Chapter I: Performing healing. An Introduction
- Chapter II: Mama Raja. The case
- Chapter III: Spirits of the living
- Chapter IV: Spirits of the underworld
- Chapter V: Performing indigenous healing
- Chapter VI: The missionary hospital
- Chapter VII: Mama Raja. The case continues
- Chapter VIII: Knowing God’s mysteries
- Chapter IX: Walking together
- Chapter X: Performing healing Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Healing plants
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.