essay
The harp that plays by itself
Anthropological approaches to the study of ethnomedicine • Yverdon, Switzerland • Published In 1992 • Pages: 127-147
By: Taylor, Christopher C. (Christopher Charles).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper, originally published as a chapter in an edited volume entitled 'Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Ethnomedicine', explores concepts of pathology in local Rwandan therapies. It shows the central role of fluids in these concepts and in other aspects of social life.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Medical therapy
- Ethnoanatomy
- Theory of disease
- Ethos
- Gift giving
- Sorcery
- General character of religion
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Rwandans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1992
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rwanda
- NotesAdditional notes
- Christopher C. Taylor
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-147)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92020369
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology Rwanda