Indigenous Theories of Contagious Disease

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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Far from being the province of magic, witchcraft, and sorcery, indigenous understanding of contagious disease in Africa and elsewhere in the developing world very often parallels western concepts of germ theory, according to the author. Labeling this 'indigenous contagion theory (ICT),' Green synthesizes the voluminous ethnographic work on tropical diseases and remedies_as well as 20 years of his own studies and interventions on sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, and traditional healers in southern Africa_to demonstrate how indigenous peoples generally conceive of contagious diseases as having naturalistic causes. His groundbreaking work suggests how western medical practitioners can incorporate ICT to better help native peoples control contagious diseases.

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Utgivningsdatum:1999-01-14
Mått:154 x 225 x 16 mm
Vikt:413 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:311
Förlag:AltaMira Press
ISBN:9780761989417

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Anthropologist Edward Green offers here a highly readable contribution to medical and applied anthropology. Based on over twenty-five years of fieldwork and development assistance in Africa, Southeast Asia and other regions, the author of the authoritative sourcebook STD and AIDS in Africa deepens his examination of indigenous healing and disease prevention strategies. ....Anthropologists and other readers interested in the evolutionary and other bio-cultural underpinnings of indigenous systems ofcontagious illness will find the book's theoretical reflections, summarized in the final chapter, especially thought-provoking...

Innehållsförteckning

chapter 1 W. Penn Handwerker, Forewordchapter 2 Acknowledgmentschapter 3 Introductionchapter 4 1: African Health Beliefschapter 5 2: Pollution and Other Contagion Beliefs Among Bantu Speakerschapter 6 3: Resistance to Illness and the Internal Snake Conceptchapter 7 4: Child Diarrheachapter 8 5: Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDSchapter 9 6: Malaria, Tuberculosis, and Other Infectious Diseaseschapter 10 7: Indigenous Contagion Theory in Broader Perspectivechapter 11 8: Theoretical Implicationschapter 12 Referenceschapter 13 Indexchapter 14 About the Author