04898nam 22012255 450 991049586670332120240410064519.01-282-35640-20-520-91085-097866123564070-585-12932-010.1525/9780520910850(CKB)111004366704248(EBL)224108(OCoLC)630528055(SSID)ssj0000211145(PQKBManifestationID)11198253(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000211145(PQKBWorkID)10292381(PQKB)11616320(StDuBDS)EDZ0000083844(MiAaPQ)EBC224108(OCoLC)43476558(MdBmJHUP)muse30911(DE-B1597)519512(DE-B1597)9780520910850(EXLCZ)9911100436670424820200424h19921992 fg 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrNgoma discourses of healing in Central and Southern Africa /John M. Janzen1st ed.Berkeley, CA :University of California Press,[1992]©19921 online resource (274 p.)Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care ;34Description based upon print version of record.0-520-07265-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-234) and index.Front matter --Contents --Figures --Photographs --Preface --Introduction --1. Settings and Samples in African Cults of Affliction --2. Identifying Ngoma --3. Core Features in Ngoma Therapy --4. Doing Ngoma --5. How Ngoma Works --6. How Ngoma Works --Conclusion --Appendix A --Appendix B --Appendix C --Notes --Bibliography --IndexNgoma, in Bantu, means drum, song, performance, and healing cult or association. A widespread form of ritual healing in Central and Southern Africa, ngoma is fully investigated here for the first time and interpreted in a contemporary context. John Janzen's daring study incorporates drumming and spirit possession into a broader, institutional profile that emphasizes the varieties of knowledge and social forms and also the common elements of "doing ngoma. "Drawing on his recent field research in Kinshasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Mbabane, and Capetown, Janzen reveals how ngoma transcends national and social boundaries. Spoken and sung discourses about affliction, extended counseling, reorientation of the self or household, and the creation of networks that link the afflicted, their kin, and their healers are all central to ngoma-and familiar to Western self-help institutions as well. Students of African healing and also those interested in the comparative and historical study of medicine, religion, and music will find Ngoma a valuable and thought-provoking book.Comparative studies of health systems and medical care ;volume 34.Rites and ceremoniesAfrica, CentralRites and ceremoniesAfrica, SouthernHealingAfrica, CentralHealingAfrica, SouthernTraditional medicineAfrica, CentralTraditional medicineAfrica, Southernafrica.african studies.anthropology.bantu.bone throwing.capetown.central africa.dance.dar es salaam.disease.divination.drum.ethnography.folk belief.folk medicine.folklore.healers.healing cults.healing.illness.kinshasa.kinship.mbabane.medicine.music.ngoma.nonfiction.performance.performing arts.possession.religion.rite.ritual healing.social science.sociology.song.south africa.southern africa.spirits.tradition.Rites and ceremoniesAfrica, Central.Rites and ceremoniesAfrica, Southern.HealingHealingTraditional medicineTraditional medicine398/.353Janzen John M.authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1233242DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910495866703321Ngoma2863786UNINA