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Witchcraft as a Social Diagnosis: Traditional Ghanaian Beliefs and Global Health
Roxane Richter
Witchcraft as a Social Diagnosis: Traditional Ghanaian Beliefs and Global Health
Roxane Richter
This book examines medical outreach in the condemned witches’ village of Gnani in Ghana, focusing on clashes between traditional beliefs, religious tenets, and contemporary medical science. It analyzes questions of stigmatization to explore how disease, injury, and illness relate to social condition and the dialogue surrounding witchcraft.
168 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white halftones, 2 tables
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 27, 2017 |
ISBN13 | 9781498523189 |
Publishers | Lexington Books |
Pages | 168 |
Dimensions | 236 × 159 × 18 mm · 404 g |
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