Borders and Healers

Borders and Healers
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Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 0253218055
ISBN-13 : 9780253218056
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Borders and Healers by : Tracy J. Luedke

Download or read book Borders and Healers written by Tracy J. Luedke and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2006-02-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important book contributes to understandings of the ways in which healing practices in southeast Africa mediate divides between the wealthy and the impoverished, the traditional and the modern, the local and the global.


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