Bodies, politics, and African healing [electronic resource] : the matter of maladies in Tanzania / Stacey A. Langwick.
Material type: TextPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011Description: xii, 300 p. : illISBN: 9780253001405 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Traditional medicine -- Tanzania | Medical care -- TanzaniaGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 398/.353 LOC classification: GN477 | .L36 2011Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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