Langwick, Stacey Ann.

Bodies, Politics, and African Healing The Matter of Maladies in Tanzania / [Recurso electrónico] : Stacey A. Langwick. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xiii, 300 p. :) ill., maps ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-290) and index.

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.

Libro Electrónico

9780253001962 025300196X




Anthropology, Cultural--Tanzania.
Medicine, African Traditional--Tanzania.
Medical care--Tanzania.
Traditional medicine--Tanzania.


Electronic books.

GN477 / .L36 2011

398/.353