Dr Vera Bührmann (1910-1998)
From Volksmoeder to Igqira? A Popular Myth Re-examined
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2137937 |
|---|---|
| Authors | André Landman (0000-0003-2324-385X, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 60-76 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0184 • E-ISSN: 1469-2872 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00020184.2021.1894092 |
| OpenAlex | W3135106481 |
| Language | DE |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
In 1975, at the age of 65, Dr Maatje Vera Bührmann began a decade-long cross-cultural psychiatry research project in the former Ciskei in which she used a Jungian framework to explicate the methods of a Xhosa igqira (healer). From this work, for which she continues to be widely lauded in some circles, a mythology arose which portrays her as an exemplar of someone who transcended the racial politics of the radical Afrikaner nationalism she had embraced in the 1940s. In this article I present evidence from her writings and associated archival sources that challenges this view
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |