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XIV, 334 S. : Ill., Kt. ; 21 cm kart.

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Neuwertig. I. Introductory Considerations l /. Theoretical Overview 2 (a) Theoretic Framework 4 (b) Question Formulation 10 (c) Current State of Research 14 (d) Methodology 19 2. Introducing Mental Disorder in Malawi 23 (a) Setting Presentation 23 (b) Legal Framework 28 (c) Health Conditions 33 / / . Cultural Conditions 43 1. Mental Disorder in Oral and Ritual Tradition 43 (a) Normative Traditions 43 (b) Ritual Embedding 50 (c) Proverbial Expressions 61 2. Conflicting Cosmologies and Mental Disorder 65 (a) Traditional Discourses 65 (b) Muslim Concepts 78 (c) Christian Approaches 90 (d) Biomedicai Paradigm 104 3. Discussing Medical and Cosmologica! Pluralism 106 / / / . Nosological Tradition 117 /. Mental Disorder as a Terminological Concept 117 (a) Concept of the Person 118 (b) Diagnostic Processes 128 2. Nosology of Mental Disorder 135 (a) Madness, or Misala 137 (b) Being a Fool, or Kuzerezeka 140 (c) The Spinning Head, or Kuzungulira Mutu 143 (d) The Head Issue, or Mutu 145 (e) Falling Disorder, or Khunyu 147 (f) Being Deformed, or Kulumala 153 3. Discussing Culture, Medicine, and Categorization 155 IV. Aetiological Categorization 163 1. Magic Manipulation 164 (a) Destructive Magic, or Ufiti 166 (b) Supportive Magic, or Matsenga 177 (c) The Ambivalent Art: Kukhwima 180 2. Spiritual Intervention 193 (a) Categorization of Spirit Agents 196 (b) Divine Retaliation 200 (c) Demonic Aggression 204 (d) Spiritual Reclamation 206 3. Structural Causation 212 (a) Accidental Harm 215 (b) Heredity Transmission 219 (c) Drug Abuse 221 4. Therapeutic Solutions 222 (a) Breaking and Purging Magic 223 (b) Restoring Cosmologica! Harmony 227 (c) Fixing Accidental Damage 235 5. Discussing Cause and Effect in Mental Disorder 236 V. Concluding Discussion 245 1. Competing Conceptions 247 (a) Perceiving Mental Disorder 247 (b) Producing Cultural Meaning 250 (c) Cure and Curability 256 2. Competence and Stigmatization 261 (a) Normality and Normativity 261 (b) Attaching the Stigma 265 (c) Attributing Competence 268 (d) Persons and Non-Persons 271 3. Conclusions and Recommendations 275 Appendices 1. Glossary 281 2. Abbreviations 292 3. Bibliography 293 (a) Scholarly Articles and Monographs 293 (b) Works of Reference 312 (c) Newspaper Articles 314 4. Interview Indices 316 5. Tables 323 1 Ethnic Composition of Malawi 323 2 Health Care System 323 3 Disability Rates and Ratios 324 4 Disability Character and Occurrence 324 5 Interview Index According to Group Prevalence 325 6 Interview Index According to Religious Affiliation 325 7 Interview Index According to Gender Prevalence 325 8 Interview Index According to Ethnic Affiliation 326 6. Index 327 Illustrations Maps 1 District Map of Malawi 40 2 Map of Southern Malawi 41 Figures 1 Lomwe sing'anga with herbal remedies 116 2 Yao sing'anga communicating with spirits 161 3 Lomwe sing'anga preparing his mphambanya 244 4 Mang'anja farmer and son outside health center 278 ISBN 9783631587171