Working with spirit [[electronic resource] ] : experiencing izangoma healing in contemporary South Africa / / Jo Thobeka Wreford

• Autore: Wreford Jo Thobeka
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Disciplina: 610.968
• Soggetto topico: Traditional medicine - South Africa; Healing - South Africa
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-249) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the current model of health dispensation in South Africa there are two major paradigms, the spirit-inspired tradition of izangoma sinyanga and biomedicine. These operate at best in parallel, but more often than not are at odds with one another. This book, based on the author's personal experience as a practitioner of traditional African medicine, considers the effects of the absence of spirit in biomedicine on collaborative relationships. Given the unprecedented challenge of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country, the author suggests that more cooperation is vital. Taking a critical look at t
• Titolo autorizzato: Working with spirit
• ISBN: 1-282-62667-1; 9786612626678; 0-85745-015-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910493205303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Epistemologies of healing ; ; v. 3.