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3067 -- KUTALEK, RUTH

Steven Lihonama Lutumo. Leben und Arbeit eines traditionelles Heilers der Bena Südwest-Tansanias. Ein Beitrag zur biographischen Forschung in der Ethnomedizin
(Wiener ethnomedizinische Reihe 1)
Berlin: Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung 2001
274 pp., Euro 34,-; ISBN 3-86135-324-5

Steven Lihonama Lutumo. Life and work of a traditional healer of the Bena, Southwest Tanzania
Using the qualitative method of biographical research and participant observation, Kutalek describes Lutumo's process to become a healer, his therapies (conversations, rituals such as oracles, surgery, healing agents), his everyday life and his concept of illness and health, his patients, his social position. A final chapter discusses results on a theoretical level.

Keywords: Lutumo, S.L., African healers, healers in Africa, medical anthropology, traditional medicine, medicine in Africa, biographical method

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