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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... women . Of the 884 entries in ZINATHA's 1980 membership register that listed two full names , 447 were women . I worked with more men because all the stallholders at Pedzanhamo market and all except two at Mbare mar- ket were men . I ...
... woman told the children the name of each plant and its use . For example , when the child brought her a pink ... women had more reliable hearts and so sought them out as pockets . Thus , in affirming someone's genuine posses ...
... women " and the plant is used to help women conceive daughters and for gynecological problems . Gelfand et al . ( 238–39 ) . 7. Shona name : muroro ( Wild , 54 ) Scientific name : Annona senegalensis Wild custard apple . Gelfand et al ...
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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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