Working with spirit [electronic resource] : experiencing izangoma healing in contemporary South Africa / Jo Thobeka Wreford.
By: Wreford, Jo Thobeka.
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Series: Epistemologies of healing ; v. 3.Publisher: New York : Berghahn Books, 2008Description: xiii, 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Traditional medicine -- South Africa | Healing -- South AfricaGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 610.968 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-249) and index.
Conversations in anthropological theory and method -- On the question of ancestors -- Biomedicine and izangoma sinyanga--fundamental misunderstandings and avoidable mistakes -- On "being called" (ukubiswa) -- Graduation (goduswa) and ancestral evidences -- What got into you? Ancestral en-trancement -- "Long-nosed" izangoma and relationship issues in the izangoma community -- Witchcraft and izangoma sinyanga in the time of AIDS.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.