'Holy hustlers', Freud, and African wisdom diviners / Richard Werbner.

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"Anthropologist Richard Werbner (University of Manchester) on the similarity between Freud and African wisdom diviners, ethnographic filmmaking in southern Africa, and the place of ‘Holy Hustlers’ (pentecostal churches and prophecy in Botswana) – the subject of his latest book – in the public sphere...

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Uniform Title:Africa past & present ; episode 61.
Main Author: Werbner, Richard P.
Corporate Author: Michigan State University. MATRIX, the Center for the Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online
Other Authors: Alegi, Peter
Limb, Peter
Language:English
Published: [East Lansing, Mich.] : MATRIX, Michigan State University, [2012]
Series:Africa past & present ; episode 61.
Subjects:
Divination > Botswana.
Documentary films > Production and direction > Botswana.
Anthropology > Africa, Southern.
Pentecostal churches > Botswana.
Freud, Sigmund, > 1856-1939.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (34 min.)) : digital.
Other Uniform Title:African online digital library.
Format: Electronic Audio
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"Anthropologist Richard Werbner (University of Manchester) on the similarity between Freud and African wisdom diviners, ethnographic filmmaking in southern Africa, and the place of ‘Holy Hustlers’ (pentecostal churches and prophecy in Botswana) – the subject of his latest book – in the public sphere."
Note:Audio MP3 file (33 min., 53 sec.) available both as a streaming sound file and as a downloadable file.
Africa past & present is a podcast series which is part of the African online digital library.
Title from home page (Africa past & present website, viewed Jul. 2, 2012)
Electronic resource.
Call Number:BF1773.2.B55 W43 2012 Online
System Details:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Participant or Performer:
Hosts, Peter Alegi, Peter Limb.