Medicine, Religion and Politics in Africa and the African Diaspora, Spring 2005
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Author: James, Erica
Subject: Social Sciences
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M.I.T.
Collection Name: MIT OpenCourseWare
Abstract: An exploration of colonial and postcolonial clashes between theories of healing and embodiment in the African world and those of western bio-medicine. Examines how Afro-Atlantic religious traditions have challenged western conceptions of illness, healing, and the body, and have offered alternative notions of morality, rationality, kinship, gender and sexuality. Analyzes whether contemporary western bio-medical interventions reinforce colonial or imperial power in the effort to promote global health in Africa and the African diaspora.
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Language: English
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