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Weaving the threads of life : the Khita gyn-eco-logical healing cult among the Yaka /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Devisch, Renaat, 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993.
Subjects:
Yaka (African people) > Medicine.
Yaka (African people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Cults > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Kinshasa.
Traditional medicine > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Kinshasa.
Infertility, Female > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Kinshasa.
Description
Item Description:Based on the author's Se recréer femme. Chapters 2-3 and 1-7 have been expanded, and chapters l, 4, and 8, the prologue, and epilogue are completely new.
Physical Description:x, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-323) and index.
ISBN:0226143619 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226143627 (pbk. : alk. paper)