Witchcraft, Sorcery and Social Categories Among the Safwa - Alan Harwood

Witchcraft, Sorcery and Social Categories Among the Safwa

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Buch | Hardcover
186 Seiten
2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-59414-2 (ISBN)
119,95 inkl. MwSt
Originally published in 1970, this book explores the role of concepts of disease in the social life of the Safwa of Tanzania, particularly through beliefs concerning witchcraft and sorcery. Examining Safwa ideas about the cuasation of disease and death and the use of aetiological terms in actual cases, it demonstrates a parallel between these ideas and terms, on the one hand and the Safwa system of social categories on the other. A descrption of the Safwa environment, way of life and social system is followed by an account of the concepts of death and disease and of their causes as revealed in ancestor rites, divination and autopsy. An analysis of case histories demonstrates that the cause assigned to a particular instance of illness or death depends upon the status relationship between discputing parties who are associated with the patient. The way in which the parallel between aetiological and social categoeis helps to control the outcome of disputes is also examined.

Alan Harwood

1. An Introduction to Mwanabantu Area 2. Disease, Death, Deviance and the Ancestors 3. Safwa Aetiological Categories 4. Aetiological Categories and the Diagnosis of Empongo 5. A Pragmatic Analysis of the Aetiology of Empongo 6. Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
Zusatzinfo 4 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 430 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Esoterik / Spiritualität
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Weitere Religionen
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-138-59414-8 / 1138594148
ISBN-13 978-1-138-59414-2 / 9781138594142
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