Boiling energy : community healing among the Kalahari Kung

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Boiling energy : community healing among the Kalahari Kung

Richard Katz

Harvard University Press, 1982

  • pbk.

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Bibliography: p. [317]-323

Includes index

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ISBN 9780674077355

Description

This account of the ancient healing dances practiced by the Kung people of southern Africa's Kalahari Desert includes vivid eyewitness descriptions of night-long healing dances and interviews with Kung healers.
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pbk. ISBN 9780674077362

Description

This account of the ancient healing dances practiced by the Kung people of southern Africa's Kalahari Desert includes vivid eyewitness descriptions of night-long healing dances and interviews with Kung healers.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Richard B. Lee Acknowledgments Kung Who Speak in this Book 1. Starting Points 2. Kung Hunter-Gatherers 3. The Kung Approach to Healing 4. At a Healing Dance 5. Kinachau, a Traditional Healer 6. "The Death That Kills Us All" 7. Education for Healing 8. Career of the Healer 9. Female Perspectives 10. Toma Zho, a Healer in Transition 11. The Tradition of Sharing 12. Kau Dwa, a Strong Healer 13. Wa Na, a Healer among Healers 14. Psychological and Spiritual Growth 15. The Challenge of Change 16. A Final Meeting with Kinachau 17. "Tell Our Story to Your People" Orthography Glossary Bibliography Index

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