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

By: Langwick, Stacey Ann.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011Description: xii, 300 p. : ill.Subject(s): Traditional medicine -- Tanzania | Medical care -- TanzaniaGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 398/.353 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.