Beyond the royal gaze clanship and public healing in Buganda / Neil Kodesh.

Author/creator Kodesh, Neil, 1974-
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press,
Descriptionxi, 264 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Clans--Uganda. --Buganda. --History.
Healing--Social aspects. --Uganda. --Buganda. --History.
Healing--Political aspects. --Uganda. --Buganda. --History.
Ganda (African people)--Social life and customs.
Historical linguistics--Uganda. --Buganda.
Ethnology--Uganda. --Buganda.
Buganda--Social life and customs.
Buganda--Politics and government.
Buganda--History. --Sources.
Buganda--Antiquities.

Contents Public healing, political complexity, and the production of knowledge -- Genre, historical imagination, and early Ganda history -- Clanship and the pursuit of collective well-being -- Political leaders as public healers -- Clanship, state formation, and the shifting contours of public healing.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [235]-250) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009035116
ISBN9780813929279 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN081392927X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813929705 (e-book)
ISBN0813929709 (e-book)