Indigenous Medicine Among the Bedouin in the Middle East

Informationen zum Autor Aref Abu-Rabia is an Anthropologist at the Department of Middle East Studies at Ben-Gurion University. His research and publications focus on the Middle East, North Africa and Islamic communities in the West. Klappentext First native anthropologist to discover tribal secrets of traditional medicine. Unique data on medicine among pastoral-nomadic, semi-nomadic, and settled tribes. Healers and clients tell their stories. Synthesis between traditional and bio-medicine to/for their reciprocal enrichment. Zusammenfassung Modern medicine has penetrated Bedouin tribes in the course of rapid urbanization and education! but when serious illnesses strike! particularly in the case of incurable diseases! even educated people turn to traditional medicine for a remedy. Over the course of 30 years! the author gathered data on traditional Bedouin medicine among pastoral-nomadic! semi-nomadic! and settled tribes. Based on interviews with healers! clients! and other active participants in treatments! this book will contribute to renewed thinking about a synthesis between traditional and modern medicine - to their reciprocal enrichment. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Health and Health Services among the Bedouin in the Middle East Chapter 2. The Treatment of Human Ailments - Part A Chapter 3. The Treatment of Human Ailments - Part B Chapter 4. "Don't Touch My Body": The Qarina and Bedouin Women's Fertility Bibliography Index

About the author

Aref Abu-Rabia is an Anthropologist at the Department of Middle East Studies at Ben-Gurion University. His research and publications focus on the Middle East, North Africa and Islamic communities in the West.

Product details

• Authors: Aref Abu-Rabia, Abu-Rabia Aref
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2015
• EAN: 9781782386896
• ISBN: 978-1-78238-689-6
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Holistic medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Anthropology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Middle East, complementary medicine, Human biology, Medical Anthropology, Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies