The Social Basis of Health and Healing in Africa: Volume 30

Bys: Steven Feierman and John M. Janzen

Book Overview

Offers in 18 illuminating essays the first comprehensive account of health, disease, and healing practices on the African continent. The editors, both well-known scholars, also provide introductory overviews explaining why and how health and disease are related to historical, economic, and political phenomena. Combining historical and demographic perspectives, the distinguished contributors trace African "healing traditions" from the pre-colonial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520066812
• ISBN13: 9780520066816
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"