Bodies, Politics, and African Healing [[electronic resource] ] : The Matter of Maladies in Tanzania / / Stacey A. Langwick |
Autore | Langwick Stacey Ann |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina | 398/.353 |
Soggetto topico |
Anthropology, Cultural - Tanzania
Medicine, African Traditional - Tanzania Medical care - Tanzania Traditional medicine - Tanzania |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-253-00196-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456730903321 |
Langwick Stacey Ann | ||
Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bodies, Politics, and African Healing [[electronic resource] ] : The Matter of Maladies in Tanzania / / Stacey A. Langwick |
Autore | Langwick Stacey Ann |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina | 398/.353 |
Soggetto topico |
Anthropology, Cultural - Tanzania
Medicine, African Traditional - Tanzania Medical care - Tanzania Traditional medicine - Tanzania |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-253-00196-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781310203321 |
Langwick Stacey Ann | ||
Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bodies, Politics, and African Healing : The Matter of Maladies in Tanzania / / Stacey A. Langwick |
Autore | Langwick Stacey Ann |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina | 398/.353 |
Soggetto topico |
Anthropology, Cultural - Tanzania
Medicine, African Traditional - Tanzania Medical care - Tanzania Traditional medicine - Tanzania |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-253-00196-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820257803321 |
Langwick Stacey Ann | ||
Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Healing logics : culture and medicine in modern health belief systems / / edited by Erika Brady |
Autore | Brady Erika |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Utah State University, University Libraries, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 398/.353 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BradyErika <1952-> |
Soggetto topico |
Medical anthropology
Healing Traditional medicine |
ISBN | 0-87421-454-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 Introduction; 2 Understanding Folk Medicine; Places and Practitioners; 3 Invisible Hospitals: Botánicas in Ethnic Health Care; 4 The Poor Man's Medicine Bag: The Empirical Folk Remedies of Tillman Waggoner; Communication and the Interplay of Systems; 5 Integrating Personal Health Belief Systems: Patient-Practitioner Communication; 6 Competing Logics and the Construction of Risk; The New Age Dilemma; 7 The New Age Sweat Lodge; 8 Evergreen: The Enduring Voice of a Nine-Hundred-Year-Old Healer; Taking It In: The Observer Healed
9 Reflections on the Experience of Healing:Whose Logic? Whose Experience?10 The Hózhó Factor: The Logic of Navajo Healing; Further Investigation; Bibliography: Folklore and Medicine; Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996218163703316 |
Brady Erika | ||
Utah State University, University Libraries, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Healing logics : culture and medicine in modern health belief systems / / edited by Erika Brady |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Logan, : Utah State University Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina |
398/.353
398.353 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BradyErika <1952-> |
Soggetto topico |
Traditional medicine
Healing Medical anthropology |
ISBN | 0-87421-454-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 Introduction; 2 Understanding Folk Medicine; Places and Practitioners; 3 Invisible Hospitals: Botánicas in Ethnic Health Care; 4 The Poor Man's Medicine Bag: The Empirical Folk Remedies of Tillman Waggoner; Communication and the Interplay of Systems; 5 Integrating Personal Health Belief Systems: Patient-Practitioner Communication; 6 Competing Logics and the Construction of Risk; The New Age Dilemma; 7 The New Age Sweat Lodge; 8 Evergreen: The Enduring Voice of a Nine-Hundred-Year-Old Healer; Taking It In: The Observer Healed
9 Reflections on the Experience of Healing:Whose Logic? Whose Experience?10 The Hózhó Factor: The Logic of Navajo Healing; Further Investigation; Bibliography: Folklore and Medicine; Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910143504603321 |
Logan, : Utah State University Press, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ngoma : discourses of healing in Central and Southern Africa / / John M. Janzen |
Autore | Janzen John M. |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1992] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
Disciplina | 398/.353 |
Collana | Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care |
Soggetto topico |
Rites and ceremonies - Africa, Central
Rites and ceremonies - Africa, Southern Healing - Africa, Central Healing - Africa, Southern Traditional medicine - Africa, Central Traditional medicine - Africa, Southern |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
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 |
ISBN |
1-282-35640-2
0-520-91085-0 9786612356407 0-585-12932-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910495866703321 |
Janzen John M. | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1992] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Le voglie : l'immaginazione materna tra magia e scienza / a cura di Massimo Angelini, Manuela Trinci ; con saggi di Massimo Angelini ... [et al.]. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Roma : Meltemi, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 214 p. ; 19 cm. |
Disciplina | 398/.353 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Angelini, Massimo, 1959-
Trinci, Manuela |
Collana | Gli Argonauti ; 69 |
Soggetto topico |
Maternità - Infanzia - Storia
Maternità - Psicologia - Storia Immaginazione - Storia |
ISBN | 8883530586 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991002154999707536 |
Roma : Meltemi, c2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Woman's Mysteries : Ancient and Modern |
Autore | Harding Esther |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston : , : Shambhala, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 pages) |
Disciplina | 398/.353 |
Altri autori (Persone) | JungCarl Gustav |
Collana | C. G. Jung Foundation Bks. |
Soggetto non controllato |
Sex (Psychology)
Moon Women Psychology Social Science |
ISBN | 0-8348-3045-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction by C. G. Jung -- Preface -- 1. Myth and the Modern Mind -- 2. The Moon as Giver of Fertility -- 3. The Moon in Modern Life -- 4. Early Representations of the Moon Deity -- 5. The Moon Cycle of Women -- 6. The Inner Meaning of the Moon Cycle -- 7. The Man in the Moon -- 8. The Moon Mother -- 9. The Virgin Goddess -- 10. Priests and Priestesses of the Moon -- 11. The Sacred Marriage -- 12. Ishtar -- 13. Isis and Osiris -- 14. The Sacrifice of the Son -- 15. Rebirth and Immortality -- 16. The Changing Moon -- 17. Inspiration and the Self -- Index -- E-mail Sign-Up. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910164899403321 |
Harding Esther | ||
Boston : , : Shambhala, , 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The world's eye / / Albert M. Potts |
Autore | Potts Albert M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1982 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (104 p.) |
Disciplina | 398/.353 |
Soggetto topico |
Eye - Mythology
Eye |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8131-3130-8
0-8131-5775-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Evil Eye; 3. The Eye of Horus and Other Eye Amulets; 4. The Eye of Medusa; 5. Behind the Mask; 6. The Eyes of Argus; 7. The Ojo de Dios; 8. The Eye of Providence; 9. Epilogue: Ars Brevis, Vita Longa Est; Appendix A: Gorgon Coins; Appendix B: Thread-Crosses; Notes; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459600503321 |
Potts Albert M. | ||
Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1982 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The world's eye / / Albert M. Potts |
Autore | Potts Albert M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1982 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (104 p.) |
Disciplina | 398/.353 |
Soggetto topico |
Eye - Mythology
Eye |
ISBN |
0-8131-3130-8
0-8131-5775-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Evil Eye; 3. The Eye of Horus and Other Eye Amulets; 4. The Eye of Medusa; 5. Behind the Mask; 6. The Eyes of Argus; 7. The Ojo de Dios; 8. The Eye of Providence; 9. Epilogue: Ars Brevis, Vita Longa Est; Appendix A: Gorgon Coins; Appendix B: Thread-Crosses; Notes; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787474303321 |
Potts Albert M. | ||
Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1982 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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