Illness, therapy, and change in Ethiopian possession cults
Paying special attention to the Sidamo of southern Ethiopia, the author seeks to understand the ethnomedical dimensions of health maintenance and the sociocultural determinants of illness behaviour in the present pluralistic medical context. He describes the changing socio-religious situation in Sid...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1993
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Africa
Year: 1993, Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Pages: 176-196 |
| Further subjects: | B
Socio-cultural change
B Disease B People B Cult B Traditional medicine B Tree trunk Ethnology B Sidamo B Ethiopia |
| Summary: | Paying special attention to the Sidamo of southern Ethiopia, the author seeks to understand the ethnomedical dimensions of health maintenance and the sociocultural determinants of illness behaviour in the present pluralistic medical context. He describes the changing socio-religious situation in Sidamoland and explores patterns of continuity and change in possession rituals among the Sidamo. (DÜI-Sen) |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Kt., 1 Tab., Lit. S. 191-195, Lit.Hinw. S. 191 |
| ISSN: | 0001-9720 |
| Contains: | In: Africa
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