Indigenous theories of contagious disease / Edward C. Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Edward C. (Edward Crocker), 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical anthropology--Africa, Southern.

Medical anthropology.

Communicable diseases--Africa, Southern.

Communicable diseases.

Public health--Africa, Southern.

Public health.

Traditional medicine--Africa, Southern.

Traditional medicine.

Manners and customs.

Africa, Southern--Social life and customs.

Africa, Southern.

Southern Africa.

Local Subjects:

Public health--Africa, Southern.

Medical anthropology--Africa, Southern.

Traditional medicine--Africa, Southern.

Communicable diseases--Africa, Southern.

Africa, Southern--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

311 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, Calif. : AltaMira Press, [1999]

Summary:

Far from being the province of magic, witchcraft, and sorcery, indigenous understanding of contagious disease in Africa and elsewhere in the developing world very often parallels western concepts of germ theory, according to the author. Labeling this 'indigenous contagion theory (ICT), ' Green synthesizes the voluminous ethnographic work on tropical diseases and remedies_as well as 20 years of his own studies and interventions on sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, and traditional healers in southern Africa_to demonstrate how indigenous peoples generally conceive of contagious diseases as having naturalistic causes. His groundbreaking work suggests how western medical practitioners can incorporate ICT to better help native peoples control contagious diseases

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-292) and indexes.

ISBN:

0761991999

0761989412

OCLC:

39930603