Research Catalog

Title

Boiling energy : community healing among the Kalahari Kung / Richard Katz.

Author

Katz, Richard, 1937-

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c1982.

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Description

xix, 329 p. : ill., ports., maps; 24 cm.

Subject

• Medicine, Traditional
• !Kung (African people) > Medicine
• Traditional medicine > Africa, Southern
• Traditional medicine > Botswana
• Medicine, Traditional > Botswana
• Medicine, Traditional > Namibia
• Namibia
• Botswana

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [317]-323.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1.Starting points -- 2.Kung Hunter-gatherers -- 3.The Kung approach to healing -- 4.At a healing dance -- 5.Kinachau, a traditional healer -- 6."The Death that kills us all" -- 7.Education for healing -- 8.Career of the healer -- 9.Female perspectives -- 10.Toma Zho, a healer in transition -- 11.The Tradition of sharing -- 12.Kau Dwa, a strong healer -- 13.Wa Na, a healer among healers -- 14.Psychological and spiritual growth -- 15.The Challenge of change -- 16.A Final meeting with Kinachau -- 17."Tell our story to your people"

ISBN

• 0674077350
• 0674077369 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^81013383^//r93

OCLC

7922887

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library