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Powwowing among the Pennsylvania Dutch : a traditional medical practice in the modern world / David W. Kriebel.
LIBRA GR110.P4 A372 v.41
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kriebel, David W., 1961-
- Series:
- Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001) ; v. 41.
- Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001). Pennsylvania German history and culture series ; no. 8.
- Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ; v. 41. Pennsylvania German history and culture series ; no. 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- German Americans--Pennsylvania--Folklore.
- German Americans.
- German Americans--Pennsylvania--Rites and ceremonies.
- German Americans--Medicine--Pennsylvania.
- Traditional medicine.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Folklore.
- Pennsylvania.
- Traditional medicine--Pennsylvania.
- Medicine, Traditional.
- Ceremonial Behavior.
- Religion and Medicine.
- Medical Subjects:
- Medicine, Traditional.
- Pennsylvania.
- Ceremonial Behavior.
- Folklore.
- Religion and Medicine.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- 1 On the Trail of a Lost Art 1
- 2 A Powwow Primer 13
- 3 Powwow Ritual: Structure and Performance 43
- 4 Powwowing, Medicine, and the Act of Healing 73
- 5 Powwowing in Pennsylvania 99
- 6 Some Contemporary Powwowers 163
- 7 A Pennsylvania Dutch Model of Powwowing 187
- 8 The Persistence of Powwowing 213
- 1 Theoretical Background 223
- 2 Glossary of Illnesses 226
- 3 An Excerpt from Albertus Magnus: Egyptian Secrets 228
- 4 Life Dates of Twentieth-Century Powwowers in This Study 231
- 5 Characteristics of Twentieth-Century Powwowers in This Study 233
- 6 Data on Twentieth-Century Ritual Practice 238
- 7 Additional Powwow Cases 242.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-286) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271032139
- 0271032138
- OCLC:
- 148851134
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