| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages) : illustrations |
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New African histories series |
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New African histories series.
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| Contents |
Healing the body : disease, knowledge, and medical practices in the Zulu kingdom -- Healing the body politic : muthi, healers, and nation building in the Zulu kingdom -- Early African-white encounters : healers, witchcraft, and colonial rule, 1830/91 -- Competition, race, and professionalization : African healers and white medical practitioners, 1891/1948 -- African-Indian encounters and their influence on African therapeutics, 1860/1948 |
| Summary |
In August 2004, South Africa officially legalized the practice of traditional healers. Largely in response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and limited both by the number of practitioners and by patients' access to treatment, biomedical practitioners looked toward the country's traditional healers as important agents in the development of medical education and treatment. This collaboration has not been easy. The two medical cultures embrace different ideas about the body and the origin of illness, but they do share a history of commercial and ideological competition and different relations to state power. Healing Traditions: African Medicine, Cultural Exchange, and Competition in South Africa provides a historical perspective to these interactions and an understanding that is vital for the development of medical strategies to effectively deal with South Africa's healthcare challenges. --From publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Medicine -- South Africa -- History
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Traditional medicine -- South Africa -- History
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Medicine, African Traditional -- history
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Colonialism -- history
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History, 19th Century
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History, 20th Century
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Religious Missions -- history
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Witchcraft -- history
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
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Medicine
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Traditional medicine
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Arzt
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Medizin
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Heiler
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Medizin -- Südafrika -- Geschichte 19. Jh.
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Medizin -- Südafrika -- Geschichte 20. Jh.
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South Africa.
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Natal.
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Zululand.
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healers.
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medical history.
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health care.
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traditional medicine.
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culture contact.
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Whites.
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Zulu polity.
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1800-1899.
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1900-1949.
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Medicine -- South Africa -- History.
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Traditional medicine -- South Africa -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
South Africa |
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South Africa
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Südafrika
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Südafrika (Staat)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008036486 |
| ISBN |
9780821443026 |
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082144302X |
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0821418505 |
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9780821418505 |
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