Traditional Healers and Childhood in ZimbabweOhio University Press, 1996 - 183 páginas Based on the author's fieldwork among the people of Zezuru, this study focuses on children as clients and as healers in training. In Reynolds's ethnographic investigation of possession and healing, she pays particular attention to the way healers are identified and authenticated in communities, and how they are socialized in the use of medicinal plants, dreams, and ritual healing practices. Reynolds examines spiritual interpretation and remediation of children's problems, including women's roles in these activities, and the Zezuru concepts of trauma, evil, illness, and death. Because this study was undertaken just after the War of Liberation in Zimbabwe, it also documents the devastating effects of the war. |
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... described above . The Zezuru , like the Ndembu , assume that the living truth of human social relationships should be manifested if the health of individuals or groups is to be sustained ( ibid . , 27 ) . Ritual among the Shona in the ...
... described as " one of Raphael's holy infants ” ( 445 ) ; she has a " fathomless charity " ( 479 ) ; a " blest innocence " and a " bloom of health and happiness " ( 453 ) . Miles has a " glow of freshness " and a " fragrance of purity ...
... described a patient's story that reflects on a child's duty to his or her parent ( s ) even in the face of suspicions of witchcraft : A woman was living with her son and his wife 92 Traditional Healers and Childhood in Zimbabwe.
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The Training of Traditional Healers | 1 |
Kin Ties among Claimants to Possession | 12 |
Dreams and the Constitution of Self | 25 |
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