Ngoma,
in Bantu, means drum, song, performance, and healing cult or association. A widespread form of ritual healing in Central and Southern Africa,
ngoma is fully investigated here for the first time and interpreted in a contemporary context. John Janzen’s daring study incorporates drumming and spirit possession into a broader, institutional profile that emphasizes the varieties of knowledge and social forms and also the common elements of ‚doing
ngoma.‘
Drawing on his recent field research in Kinshasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Mbabane, and Capetown, Janzen reveals how
ngoma transcends national and social boundaries. Spoken and sung discourses about affliction, extended counseling, reorientation of the self or household, and the creation of networks that link the afflicted, their kin, and their healers are all central to
ngoma—and familiar to Western self-help institutions as well. Students of African healing and also those interested in the comparative and historical study of medicine, religion, and music will find
Ngoma a valuable and thought-provoking book.
in Bantu, means drum, song, performance, and healing cult or association. A widespread form of ritual healing in Central and Southern Africa,
ngoma is fully investigated here for the first time and interpreted in a contemporary context. John Janzen’s daring study incorporates drumming and spirit possession into a broader, institutional profile that emphasizes the varieties of knowledge and social forms and also the common elements of ‚doing
ngoma.‘
Drawing on his recent field research in Kinshasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Mbabane, and Capetown, Janzen reveals how
ngoma transcends national and social boundaries. Spoken and sung discourses about affliction, extended counseling, reorientation of the self or household, and the creation of networks that link the afflicted, their kin, and their healers are all central to
ngoma—and familiar to Western self-help institutions as well. Students of African healing and also those interested in the comparative and historical study of medicine, religion, and music will find
Ngoma a valuable and thought-provoking book.
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Über den Autor
John M. Janzen is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Kansas. His previous books include Lemba 1650-1930 (1982), and Quest for Therapy in Lower Zaire (California, 1978), which won the Wellcome Prize and Medal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.Dieses Ebook kaufen – und ein weitere GRATIS erhalten!
Sprache Englisch ● Format PDF ● Seiten 276 ● ISBN 9780520910850 ● Dateigröße 16.9 MB ● Verlag University of California Press ● Erscheinungsjahr 1992 ● Ausgabe 1 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 4995027 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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