{"product_id":"of-life-and-health-the-language-of-art-and-religion-in-an-african-medical-system-9781789201017","title":"Of Life and Health: The Language of Art and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAn anthropological study of the health system of the Dagara people of northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso, \u003cem\u003eOf Life and Health\u003c\/em\u003e develops a cultural and epistemological lexicon of Dagara life by examining its religious, ritual, and artistic expressions. Consisting of ethnographic descriptions and analyses of six Dagara cultic institutions, each of which deals with different aspects of sustaining and transmitting life, the volume gives a holistic account of the Dagara knowledge system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is an extremely interesting and very unusual book. It is an anthropological study of Dagara cosmology written from within…The importance of\u003c\/em\u003e Of Life and Health \u003cem\u003eis unquestionable. It will be of great interest for Africanist scholars and medical anthropologists, and I am sure it will serve as an extremely important documentation of Dagara knowledge, not least for the Dagara people themselves.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• JRAI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The work is both unique and compelling since it is written by someone who is deeply rooted from birth in the Dagara culture rather than a researcher in transit, someone who is keen and able to present to an international scholarly audience the truth about his own epistemic heritage… a very interesting book. Even a hurried reading  provides access to uniquely revealing information and perspectives in every chapter, which experts in the traditions of African healing and religion will not otherwise be able to source in the academic literature.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Utafiti: Journal of African Perspectives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“A wonderful book that will prove to be highly significant.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Roland Littlewood\u003c\/strong\u003e, University College London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Tables\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e About Life and Health\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Scientific Language, Knowledge Frameworks and Ways of Reasoning\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Life Animation and Transmission: The Language of the Ancestors\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Life Resources, Sustenance, and Growth: The Language of the Spirit and Life-Force of Nature (\u003cem\u003ekͻntͻnmε\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Health Delivery and Healing Processes: The White \u003cem\u003eBagr\u003c\/em\u003e Healing Cult and the Food Domain\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChpater 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Health Delivery and Healing Processes: The Black \u003cem\u003eBagr\u003c\/em\u003e Healing Cult and the Domain of Healing Toxins, the Inedible and Undomesticated\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Language and Cultural Ideation of Healing: The Healer and the Healing Cult (\u003cem\u003eTibr\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Healer, The Healing Cult and the Patient Observed\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nature and the Cosmic Life in Elements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042550186327,"sku":"9781789201017","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789201017.jpg?v=1750954599","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/of-life-and-health-the-language-of-art-and-religion-in-an-african-medical-system-9781789201017","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}