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Ngoma : discourses of healing in central and southern Africa Cover Image

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Ngoma : discourses of healing in central and southern Africa

Summary: Drawing on his recent field research in Kinshasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Mbabane, and Capetown, Janzen reveals how ngoma transcends national and social boundaries.

Record details

ISBN: 0520072650
ISBN: 9780520072657
ISBN: 9781282356405
ISBN: 1282356402
ISBN: 9780585129327
ISBN: 0585129320
ISBN: 0520910850
ISBN: 9780520910850
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 241 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1992.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-234) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Settings and Samples in African Cults of Affliction -- Identifying Ngoma Historical and Comparative Perspectives -- Core Features in Ngoma Therapy -- Doing Ngoma: The Texture of Personal Transformation -- How Ngoma Works: Of Codes and Consciousness -- How Ngoma Works: The Social Reproduction of Health.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.