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Health, Healing and Illness in African History (Hardcover)
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Health, Healing and Illness in African History (Hardcover)
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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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