Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements and dedication
- CHAPTER 1 Bungoma or ‘philosophy of the drum’ in the South African Lowveld
- CHAPTER 2 The material logic of evil and the augmented self
- CHAPTER 3 ‘Cleaves Water’, eats intwaso: Becoming a healer in the bungoma tradition
- CHAPTER 4 The transmission of knowledge in bungoma
- CHAPTER 5 Healing conflict: The politics of interpersonal distress
- CHAPTER 6 Marginal utilities and the ‘hidden hand’ of zombies
- CHAPTER 7 The market for healing and the elasticity of belief
- CHAPTER 8 Apotropaic magic and the sangoma's patient
- CHAPTER 9 Magical weevils and amaryllis in southern African ritual landscapes
- CHAPTER 10 Magical empiricism and the ‘exposed being’ in public health and traditional healing
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements and dedication
- CHAPTER 1 Bungoma or ‘philosophy of the drum’ in the South African Lowveld
- CHAPTER 2 The material logic of evil and the augmented self
- CHAPTER 3 ‘Cleaves Water’, eats intwaso: Becoming a healer in the bungoma tradition
- CHAPTER 4 The transmission of knowledge in bungoma
- CHAPTER 5 Healing conflict: The politics of interpersonal distress
- CHAPTER 6 Marginal utilities and the ‘hidden hand’ of zombies
- CHAPTER 7 The market for healing and the elasticity of belief
- CHAPTER 8 Apotropaic magic and the sangoma's patient
- CHAPTER 9 Magical weevils and amaryllis in southern African ritual landscapes
- CHAPTER 10 Magical empiricism and the ‘exposed being’ in public health and traditional healing
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
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- Healing the Exposed BeingA South African Ngoma Tradition, pp. v - viPublisher: Wits University PressPrint publication year: 2017