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Working with spirit [electronic resource] : experiencing izangoma healing in contemporary South Africa / Jo Thobeka Wreford

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Wreford, Joanne
Published
New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.
Physical Description
xiii, 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents
Conversations in anthropological theory and method -- On the question of ancestors -- Biomedicine and izangoma sinyanga--fundamental misunderstandings and avoidable mistakes -- On "being called" (ukubiswa) -- Graduation (goduswa) and ancestral evidences -- What got into you? Ancestral en-trancement -- "Long-nosed" izangoma and relationship issues in the izangoma community -- Witchcraft and izangoma sinyanga in the time of AIDS.
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9781845454760 (hardback : alk. paper)
1845454766 (hardback : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-249) and index.
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