| Bodies, Politics, and African Healing: The Matter of Maladies in Tanzania Contributor(s): Langwick, Stacey A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253222451 ISBN-13: 9780253222459 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $25.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Disease & Health Issues - Medical | Alternative & Complementary Medicine |
| Dewey: 615.880 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - East Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This subtle and powerful ethnography examines African healing and its relationship to medical science. Stacey A. Langwick investigates the practices of healers in Tanzania who confront the most intractable illnesses in the region, including AIDS and malaria. She reveals how healers generate new therapies and shape the bodies of their patients as they address devils and parasites, anti-witchcraft medicine, and child immunization. Transcending the dualisms between tradition and science, culture and nature, belief and knowledge, Langwick tells a new story about the materiality of healing and postcolonial politics. This important work bridges postcolonial theory, science, public health, and anthropology. |