essay

Education for transcendence: !Kia-healing with the Kalahari !Kung

Kalahari hunter-gatherers : studies of the !Kung San and their neighborsCambridge, Mass.Published In 1976 • Pages: 281-301, 401

By: Katz, Richard.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper describes the experience of transcendence or trance (!KIA) in which healing takes place. The particular focus of the study is the !Kung's education for transcendence: how they learn to have, or better to accept transcendence, how it is induced through frenzied daancing, and how it functions in the healing process
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Social personality
Life history materials
Dance
Magical and mental therapy
Shamans and psychotherapists
Religious experience
Revelation and divination
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
San
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2005
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Africa
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southern 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.
Psychologist
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
John Beierle ; 1988
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
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
!Kung San, Kalahari desert region, northwest Botswana
NotesAdditional notes
Richard Katz
For bibliographical references see 45: Lee and DeVore
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
75028320
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
San (African people)