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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... doctor who gave her physical and psychological attention . THE MEANS TO HEAL Spirit Mediums during the War Two widely acclaimed books , Ranger ( 1985 ) and Lan ( 1985 ) , deal with the role of spirit mediums during the war . Both ...
... doctor from one area reported that the people do not come for treatment when they are sick . " They say they may as well die than live in such hell , " the doctor said .. A report from the Mtoko area in May stated , " The prime need of ...
... Doctor : Traditional Medicine Man of Rhodesia . London : Havill Press . 1967. The African Witch , with Particular Reference to Witch- craft Beliefs Practised among the Shona of Rhodesia . Edinburgh : Livingstone . • 1977. The Spiritual ...
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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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