Bodies, politics, and African healing : the matter of maladies in Tanzania / Stacey A. Langwick.

Author/creator Langwick, Stacey Ann
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxiii, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-290) and index.
LCCN 2010047853
ISBN9780253355270 (alk. paper)
ISBN0253355273 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780253222459 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0253222451 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 3368170

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GN477 .L36 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold