Health, Healing and Illness in African History Paperback / softback
by Dr Rebekah (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK) Lee
Paperback / softback
Description
In this book, Rebekah Lee offers a critical introduction to the diverse history of health, healing and illness in sub-Saharan Africa from the 1800s to the present day.
Its focus is not simply on disease but rather on how illness and health were understood and managed: by healthcare providers, African patients, their families and communities. Through a sustained interdisciplinary approach, Lee brings to the foreground a cast of actors, institutions and ideas that both profoundly and intimately shaped African health experiences and outcomes.
This book guides the reader through a wide range of historical source material, and highlights the theoretical and methodological innovations which have enriched this scholarship. Part One delivers a concise historical overview of African health and illness from the long ‘pre-colonial’ past through the colonial period and into the present day, providing an understanding of broad patterns – of major disease challenges, experiences of illness, and local and global health interventions – and their persistence or transformation across time.
Part Two adopts a ‘case study’ approach, focusing on specific health challenges in Africa – HIV/AIDS, mental illness, tropical disease and occupational disease – and their unfolding across time and space. Health, Healing and Illness in African History is the first wide-ranging survey of this key topic in African history and the history of health and medicine, and the ideal introduction for students.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages, 20 bw illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:25/02/2021
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- ISBN:9781474254373
Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages, 20 bw illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:25/02/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781474254373