Indigenous theories of contagious disease / Edward C. Green.
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), ' G...
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Table of Contents:
- Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE
- AFRICAN HEALTH BELIEFS; ETHNOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW; BANTU SPEAKERS IN BROADER ETHNOLINGUISTIC CONTEXT; METHODOLOGICAL SUMMARY; WHY SEEK ETHNOMEDICAL INFORMATION FROM TRADITIONAL HEALERS?; GENERAL CHARACTERIZATIONS OF AFRICAN HEALTH BELIEFS; AFRICAN ETIOLOGY; TYPOLOGIES OF AFRICAN ILLNESS; AN OVERVIEW OF ETIOLOGY IN AFRICAN SOCIETIES; EVIDENCE FROM ETHNOVETERINARY MEDICINE; WHAT DOES NATURALLY CAUSED MEAN?; IS POLLUTION BELIEF NATURAL OR SUPERNATURAL?
- Are beliefs in witchcraft and sorcery decreasing?notes; chapter two
- pollution and other contagion beliefs among bantu speakers; is there a dominant causal theory among bantu speakers?; support from research in west africa; a recent critique of african naturalism; a closer look at indigenous contagion beliefs; a closer look at pollution; why have pollution beliefs been overlooked?; notes; chapter three
- resistance to illness and the internal snake concept; the snake in the stomach: summary of findings; summary of snake findings and discussion; cleaning out the body; notes.
- CHAPTER FOUR
- CHILDHOOD DIARRHEABACKGROUND TO THE GEMT PROGRAM; LOCAL DIARRHEA TAXONOMIES; DISCUSSION; CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF DIARRHEA AS UNDERSTOOD BY HEALERS; CHILDHOOD DIARRHEA AMONG THE MACUA; SUNKEN FONTANEL; ARE DIARRHEAL ILLNESSES PREVENTABLE?; SOME MACUA POLLUTION BELIEFS; LOOKING BEYOND MOZAMBIQUE; NOTES; CHAPTER FIVE
- SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND AIDS; RESEARCH FINDINGS ABOUT STIs IN MANICA; REVIEW OF CLINICAL SYMPTOMS; SIKI ILLNESSES; NYOKA-RELATED STIs; HEALERS' UNDERSTANDING OF AIDS; STIs IN THE CONTEXT OF INDIGENOUS CONTAGION THEORY; BODILY FLUIDS AND CONTAGION.
- SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED ILLNESS AMONG THE MACUATHE CAUSE OF STIs; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED ILLNESSES IN ZAMBIA; SUMMARY OF FINDINGS ABOUT ADULT ILLNESSES; GONORRHEA-LIKE ILLNESSES; CHANCROID-LIKE ILLNESS: BOLABOLA; SYPHILIS-LIKE ILLNESS (KASWENDE IN NYANJA; AKASWENDE IN BEMBA); OTHER ILLNESSES WITH GENITO-URINARY SYMPTOMS; AIDS; DISCUSSION OF STI CAUSATION THEORIES; TREATMENT; CHOICE IN STD TREATMENT AND FAITH IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; BLOOD CONCEPTS; GENERAL CONCLUSIONS; BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES ABOUT CONDOMS; IS SEXUAL BEHAVIOR CHANGING IN AREAS OF HIGH HIV PREVALENCE?; NOTES.
- Chapter six
- malaria, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseasesinfectious diseases in zambia; findings from malawi; complete list of causes attributed to "adult illnesses" in malawi; classification of illness by cause; conclusions from southern africa; notes; chapter seven
- indigenous contagion theory in broader perspective; a negative, dismissive, etic mind-set; global evidence for ict; the missing analytic construct; historical contagion theories in western medicine; why has ict been neglected?; note; chapter eight
- theoretical implications; adaptation.