Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa : , : AOSIS, , [2019]
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (xxix, 429 pages) : illustrations, portraits
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Disciplina |
398.353
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Soggetto topico |
Traditional medicine - South Africa
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Formato |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
Contents -- Abbreviations, Boxes, Figures and Tables Appearing in the Text -- List of Abbreviations xixList of Boxes -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Declaration -- Introduction -- Section 1: Presentation of critical research findings that emerged from the PhD study: The walk without limbs -- Chapter 1: Evolution of the book - Recognising the absence of limbs -- Chapter 2: An epistemology on health and illness according to biomedical and indigenous health knowledge perspectives -- Chapter 3: Women as healers and indigenous knowledge systems and its holders: An intertwined epistemological and ontological struggle for recognition -- Chapter 4: Research methodology that drove the study -- Chapter 5: Critical study outcomes and the proposed primary healthcare model -- Chapter 6: Opting for a veil of secrecy - The silencing of indigenous health service seekers by healthcare providers in Bomvanaland -- Chapter 7: The heavy price paid by the Bomvana in questioning the Western modernity script of civilisation -- Chapter 8: Presenting the elite older Xhosa women healers of Bomvanaland in the Eastern Cape province -- Section 2: Translation and application of PhD critical research findings on the research site: The backward and forward movement - Trying to find our limbs -- Chapter 9: Steps taken to translate critical research findings -- Chapter 10: Bringing in a conversation in health and education: A missing link? -- Chapter 11: Indigenous spirituality within formal health care practice -- Chapter 12: Savings, investments and credit groups: A holistic approach to community upliftment -- Chapter 13: Community engagement in KwaXanase: Moving from fear to pride and confidence -- References -- Index.
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Altri titoli varianti |
Walk without limbs
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Record Nr. | UNINA-9910476856003321 |