Health, Healing and Illness in African His...

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Beschreibung

In this book, Rebekah Lee offers a critical introduction to the diverse history of health, healing and illness in sub-Saharan Africa from the 1800s to the present day. Its focus is not simply on disease but rather on how illness and health were understood and managed: by healthcare providers, African patients, their families and communities.

Through a sustained interdisciplinary approach, Lee brings to the foreground a cast of actors, institutions and ideas that both profoundly and intimately shaped African health experiences and outcomes. This book guides the reader through a wide range of historical source material, and highlights the theoretical and methodological innovations which have enriched this scholarship.

Part One delivers a concise historical overview of African health and illness from the long 'pre-colonial' past through the colonial period and into the present day, providing an understanding of broad patterns - of major disease challenges, experiences of illness, and local and global health interventions - and their persistence or transformation across time. Part Two adopts a 'case study' approach, focusing on specific health challenges in Africa - HIV/AIDS, mental illness, tropical disease and occupational disease - and their unfolding across time and space.

Health, Healing and Illness in African History is the first wide-ranging survey of this key topic in African history and the history of health and medicine, and the ideal introduction for students.

Über den Autor

Rebekah Lee

Zusammenfassung

Employs detailed case studies from across the African continent, plus a glossary of medical terms and chronology

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
PART I: Historical Dynamics
1. Early African Healing Systems, Therapeutic Gateways and Disease Exchanges
2. Colonial Control, Tropical Medicine, and African Health
3. Changing Landscapes of Health and Illness in Contemporary Africa
PART II: Case Studies over Time and Space
4. HIV/AIDS in Historical Perspective(s)
5. Mental Illness and the 'African Mind'
6. Tropical Disease Redux: Malaria and Sleeping Sickness
7. Occupational Lung Disease and Economic Exploitation in South Africa
Bibliography
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2021
Genre:	Geschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781474254373
ISBN-10:	1474254373
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Lee, Rebekah
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße:	234 x 159 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Rebekah Lee
Erscheinungsdatum:	25.02.2021
Gewicht:	0,436 kg