Arne S. Steinforth: Troubled Minds

Cover: 9783631587171 | Troubled Minds | Arne S. Steinforth | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2009

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Beschreibung

Every society has its own definition of a normal and an abnormal human condition. For persons living with mental disorders, these concepts have a tremendous impact. This study investigates how the abnormal mind is culturally defined in Maläi, South-Eastern Africa. Based on anthropological techniques such as interviews, participant observation, and archive research, it explores the different social dimensions of mental disorder e.g. its reflection in traditional dance rituals, in behavioural rules during pregnancy, or in the healing ministry of independent churches. It demonstrates how local explanations of mental disorder be it witchcraft, an angry ancestor, or the will of God determine the social acceptance of an affected persons condition. Recent processes of cultural change, however, strengthen the pluralism of Maläian religious landscape, opening the local debate to an ever wider range of interpretations.

Über den Autor

The Author: Arne S. Steinforth is a social anthropologist from Bremen (Germany). With a focus on Eastern and Southern Africa he investigates questions of medical anthropology and religion as well as of psychiatry and culture. Currently he is a lecturer and research fellow at the University of Münster where he gained his Ph.D. in 2008.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: The normal and the abnormal mind in Maläi - Mental disorder in oral tradition and ritual contexts - Competing cosmologies and their conceptions of mental disorder: Islam and Christianity, local religion and scientific paradigms - Concept of the person - Local classification of mental disorder - Mental disorder causation: magical, spiritual, and structural - Competence and stigma - Cure and curability.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2009
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Recht , Sozialwissenschaften , Wirtschaft
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Völkerkunde
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9783631587171
ISBN-10:	3631587171
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	58717
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Steinforth, Arne S.
Auflage:	1. Auflage
Hersteller:	Peter Lang
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstr. 11, D-10178 Berlin, r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com
Maße:	210 x 148 x 19 mm
Von/Mit:	Arne S. Steinforth
Erscheinungsdatum:	27.07.2009
Gewicht:	0,451 kg