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Author:

Flint, Karen Elizabeth, 1968-

Title:

Healing traditions : African medicine, cultural exchange, and competition in South Africa, 1820-1948 / Karen E. Flint.

Publisher:

University of KwaZulu-Natal Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xiv, 274 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Medicine--South Africa--History.
Traditional medicine--South Africa--History.
Medicine, African Traditional--history--South Africa.
Colonialism--history--South Africa.
History, 19th Century--South Africa.
History, 20th Century--South Africa.
Missions and Missionaries--history--South Africa.
Witchcraft--history--South Africa.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-270) and index.

Contents:

Healing the body : disease, knowledge, and medical practices in the Zulu kingdom -- Healing the body politic : muthi, healers, and nation building in the Zulu kingdom -- Early African-white encounters : healers, witchcraft, and colonial rule, 1830/91 -- Competition, race, and professionalization : African healers and white medical practitioners, 1891/1948 -- African-Indian encounters and their influence on African therapeutics, 1860/1948.

Series:

New African histories series

ISBN:

1869141709 (Univ. of KwaZulu-Natal Press)
9781869141707 (Univ. of KwaZulu-Natal Press)
0821418505 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780821418505 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0821418491 (hc : alk. paper)
9780821418499 (hc : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)230198772

LCCN:

2008036486

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)