Name: Ngoma: Discourses of Healing in Central and Southern Africa (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care) (en Inglés)
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Author: John M. Janzen
ISBN: 9780520072657

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Ngoma: Discourses of Healing in Central and Southern Africa (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

University Of California Press

Autor

John M. Janzen

Año

1992

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

276

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN

0520072650

ISBN13

9780520072657

N° edición

Categorías

Antropología social y cultural, etnografía

Ngoma: Discourses of Healing in Central and Southern Africa (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care) (en Inglés)

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Ngoma, in Bantu, means drum, song, performance, and healing cult or association. A widespread form of ritual healing in Central and Southern Africa, ngoma is fully investigated here for the first time and interpreted in a contemporary context. John Janzen's daring study incorporates drumming and spirit possession into a broader, institutional profile that emphasizes the varieties of knowledge and social forms and also the common elements of "doing ngoma." Drawing on his recent field research in Kinshasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Mbabane, and Capetown, Janzen reveals how ngoma transcends national and social boundaries. Spoken and sung discourses about affliction, extended counseling, reorientation of the self or household, and the creation of networks that link the afflicted, their kin, and their healers are all central to ngoma--and familiar to Western self-help institutions as well. Students of African healing and also those interested in the comparative and historical study of medicine, religion, and music will find Ngoma a valuable and thought-provoking book.