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Autore |
Laplante Julie |
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Healing roots : anthropology in life and medicine / / Julie Laplante |
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New York, New York ; ; Oxford, England : , : berghahn, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (301 p.) |
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Collana |
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Epistemologies of Healing ; ; Volume 15 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Artemisia afra - Therapeutic use - South Africa |
Medicinal plants - South Africa |
Traditional medicine - South Africa |
Medical anthropology - South Africa |
Ethnopharmacology - South Africa |
Molecular biology - Social aspects |
Drugs - Testing |
Tuberculosis - Chemotherapy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction - Tracing the Preclinical Trial of an Indigenous Plant; Chapter 1 - Knowing Umhlonyane/Artemisia afra; Chapter 2 - Engaging in Medicine; Chapter 3 - Tracing Medicine Wayfaring; Chapter 4 - Imagining Indigeneity; Chapter 5 - Healing the Nation; Chapter 6 - Dreams, Ancestors and Sound Healing; Chapter 7 - Weaving Molecules with Life; Conclusion - Imagining the Clinical Trial; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Umhlonyane, also known as Artemisia afra, is one of the oldest and best-documented indigenous medicines in South Africa. This bush, which grows wild throughout the sub-Saharan region, smells and tastes like ""medicine,"" thus easily making its way into people's lives and becoming the choice of everyday healing for Xhosa healer-diviners and Rastafarian herbalists. This ""natural"" remedy has recently sparked curiosity as scientists search for new molecules against a tuberculosis pandemic while hoping to recognize indigenous medicine. Laplante |
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