Verfasst von:	Kananoja, Kalle [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Healing knowledge in Atlantic Africa
Titelzusatz:	medical encounters, 1500-1850
Verf.angabe:	Kalle Kananoja, University of Oulu, Finland
Verlagsort:	Cambridge
Verlag:	Cambridge University Press
Jahr:	2021
Umfang:	xii, 258 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Karten
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	Global health histories
Fussnoten:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-1-108-49125-9
	978-1-108-81178-1
Abstract:	Klappentext: "In this ambitious analysis of medical encounters in Central and West Africa during the era of the Atlantic slave trade, Kalle Kananoja focuses on African and European perceptions of health, disease and healing. Arguing that the period was characterised by continuous knowledge exchange, he shows that indigenous natural medicine was used by locals and non-Africans alike. The mobility and circulation of healing techniques and materials was an important feature of the early modern Black Atlantic world. African healing specialists not only crossed the Atlantic to the Americas, but also moved within and between African regions to offer their services. At times, patients, Europeans included, travelled relatively long distances in Africa to receive treatment. Highlighting crosscultural medical exchanges, Kananoja shows that local African knowledge was central to shaping responses to illness, providing a fresh, global perspective on African medicine and vernacular science in the early modern world"--
URL:	Inhaltsbeschreibung & Leseprobe: https://www.cambridge.org/de/universitypress/subjects/history/history-medicine/healing-knowledge-atlantic-africa-medical ...
Schlagwörter:	(g)Westafrika    / (g)Angola    / (s)Naturheilkunde    / (s)Ethnomedizin    / (s)Hausmittel    / (z)Geschichte 1500-1850
	(z)Geschichte 1500-1850    / (s)Ethnomedizin    / (s)Hausmittel    / (s)Laienmedizin    / (s)Volksheilmittel    / (g)Angola    / (g)Westafrika
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Kananoja, Kalle: Healing Knowledge in Atlantic Africa. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing), 2021. - 1 Online-Ressource
	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Kananoja, Kalle: Healing Knowledge in Atlantic Africa. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing), 2021. - 1 Online-Ressource
	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Kananoja, Kalle: Healing knowledge in Atlantic Africa. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021. - 1 online resource (xii, 258 pages)
	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Kananoja, Kalle: Healing Knowledge in Atlantic Africa. - Cambridge : University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, 2021. - 1 online resource (274 pages)
K10plus-PPN:	1726804224