From where does the bad wind blow? Spiritual healing and witchcraft in Lusaka

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

From where does the bad wind blow? Spiritual healing and witchcraft in Lusaka

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The book deals with the phenomenon of spiritual healing and witchcraft within the field of indigenous medicine and African Independent Churches in the contemporary urban setting of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. Grounded in theoretical concepts of medical and symbolical anthropology, the study analyses the syncretic character of medical culture and the so-called ''therapy shopping'' phenomenon. Special attention is paid to the local conceptualization of health, illness and body, cultural aetiology, the social and cultural representation of spirit possession and witchcraft, description of different types of healers and their diagnostic and therapeutic praxis. Another part is dedicated to the symbolical interpretation of witchcraft on the level of theory, system and practice based on different case studies

Název v anglickém jazyce

From where does the bad wind blow? Spiritual healing and witchcraft in Lusaka

Popis výsledku anglicky

The book deals with the phenomenon of spiritual healing and witchcraft within the field of indigenous medicine and African Independent Churches in the contemporary urban setting of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. Grounded in theoretical concepts of medical and symbolical anthropology, the study analyses the syncretic character of medical culture and the so-called ''therapy shopping'' phenomenon. Special attention is paid to the local conceptualization of health, illness and body, cultural aetiology, the social and cultural representation of spirit possession and witchcraft, description of different types of healers and their diagnostic and therapeutic praxis. Another part is dedicated to the symbolical interpretation of witchcraft on the level of theory, system and practice based on different case studies

Druh

B - Odborná kniha

CEP obor

AC - Archeologie, antropologie, etnologie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2015

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

ISBN

978-3-643-90273-3

Počet stran knihy

315

Název nakladatele

Lit Verlag

Místo vydání

Berlin

Kód UT WoS knihy

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