In this Book
- Bodies, Politics, and African Healing: The Matter of Maladies in Tanzania
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Indiana University Press
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xiii
- 1 Orientations
- pp. 7-35
- 4 Healers and Their Intimate Becomings
- pp. 87-120
- Part 3. Healing Matters
- p. 149
- 6 Alternative Materialities
- pp. 151-174
- 7 Interferences and Inclusions
- pp. 175-206
- References
- pp. 273-290
Additional Information
ISBN
9780253001962
Related ISBN(s)
9780253222459, 9780253355270
MARC Record
OCLC
747432768
Pages
320
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
No