{"product_id":"ngoma-discourses-of-healing-in-central-and-southern-africa-volume-34-hardcover-1","title":"Ngoma: Discourses of Healing in Central and Southern Africa Volume 34 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn M. Janzen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNgoma\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e in Bantu, means drum, song, performance, and healing cult or association. A widespread form of ritual healing in Central and Southern Africa, \u003ci\u003engoma\u003c\/i\u003e is fully investigated here for the first time and interpreted in a contemporary context. John Janzen's daring study incorporates drumming and spirit possession into a broader, institutional profile that emphasizes the varieties of knowledge and social forms and also the common elements of \"doing \u003ci\u003engoma\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on his recent field research in Kinshasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Mbabane, and Capetown, Janzen reveals how \u003ci\u003engoma\u003c\/i\u003e transcends national and social boundaries. Spoken and sung discourses about affliction, extended counseling, reorientation of the self or household, and the creation of networks that link the afflicted, their kin, and their healers are all central to \u003ci\u003engoma\u003c\/i\u003e--and familiar to Western self-help institutions as well. Students of African healing and also those interested in the comparative and historical study of medicine, religion, and music will find \u003ci\u003eNgoma\u003c\/i\u003e a valuable and thought-provoking book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn M. Janzen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Kansas. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eLemba 1650-1930\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), and \u003ci\u003eQuest for Therapy in Lower Zaire\u003c\/i\u003e (California, 1978), which won the Wellcome Prize and Medal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.35 x 9.32 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47685309333725,"sku":"9780520072657","price":136.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/0E02PgWU9i9780520072657_d2492b3a-2655-422a-b269-3645f134bd5e.webp?v=1774008309","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/ngoma-discourses-of-healing-in-central-and-southern-africa-volume-34-hardcover-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}