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Body and mind in Zulu medicine

an ethnography of health and disease in Nyuswa-Zulu thought and practice

Bibliographic Data

ID24202603
AuthorsHarriet Ngubane
Year1977
Pages184
Publication date1977-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueBody and mind in Zulu medicine (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherAcademic Press (PUBLISHER • US)
Open LibraryOL4886487M
ISBN9780125182508
LanguageEN
Citations received84

73.61 science, medicine (ethnology) · Africa · Folk Medicine · Médecine · Medicine · South Africa · Traditional medicine · Volksgeneeskunde · Wereldbeschouwing · Zoeloe (volk) · Zoulous · Zulu · Zulu (african people)

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Unique citing works84
Citations per year1,95
Citation span1983 - 2025 (43)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 81
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