Those who touch: Tuareg medicine women in anthropological perspective

"A twenty-five-year veteran of field research in Niger and Mali, anthropologist Susan J. Rasmussen examines the female-dominated practice of herbalism in the seminomadic Muslim communities of Tuareg. Medicine women, known as tinesmegelen, diagnose by touch and treat their patients - mostly wome...

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1. Verfasser: Rasmussen, Susan J. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: DeKalb Northern Illinois Univ. Press 2006
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Zusammenfassung:"A twenty-five-year veteran of field research in Niger and Mali, anthropologist Susan J. Rasmussen examines the female-dominated practice of herbalism in the seminomadic Muslim communities of Tuareg. Medicine women, known as tinesmegelen, diagnose by touch and treat their patients - mostly women and children - with leaves, bark, and roots from trees associated with ancestral spirits. In addition to healing, they relate oral traditions, offer marital counseling, protect patients against potential domestic violence, and practice divination." "Rasmussen draws the reader into this fascinating world of medicine women through interviews, guided conversations, life histories, illustrative case studies, and, most importantly, the words of the healers and their patients. As a participant-observer, she shares her own experiences with descriptions of the treatments she herself received. Then, moving from a focused analysis to a broader contextual frame, she addresses central questions in anthropology about gender, knowledge, and the interface between religion and medicine."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XII, 234 S. Ill.
ISBN:0875806104
9780875806105

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