The birth of Boererate : women and healing during the South African war

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dc.contributor.author Blackbeard, Jeanie
dc.contributor.author McNeill, Fraser G.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-08-14T05:12:21Z
dc.date.issued 2023-06
dc.description.abstract This article reinterprets historical works on the history of medicine in South Africa and how present-day Afrikaner home-based healing therapies known as Boererate engage with this history. By reinterpreting historical sources, we illustrate how Boer women in concentration camps during the South African War were waging an ideological war. We argue that there is a distinction between the creolised medicines that Boer women took into the concentration camps and the body of knowledge — Boererate — that emerged from the camps after the women were released. The article brings archival research and interviews with interlocutors into conversation to show how a knowledge system like Boererate has persisted through time and become very popular in online forums and Facebook groups during the Covid-19 pandemic. The article is part of a wider project investigating Boererate in historical and diverse contemporary contexts. en_US
dc.description.abstract Este artigo reinterpreta estudos históricos sobre a história dos medicamentos na África do Sul e como as atuais terapias caseiras africâneres conhecidas como Boererate se relacionam com essa história. Ao reinterpretar as fontes históricas, ilustramos como as mulheres bôeres nos campos de concentração durante a Guerra Sul-Africana travavam uma guerra ideológica. Argumentamos que há uma distinção entre os medicamentos crioulizados que as mulheres bôeres levaram para os campos de concentração e o corpo de conhecimento – Boererate – que emergiu dos campos depois que as mulheres foram libertadas. O artigo coloca em diálogo pesquisas de arquivo e entrevistas com interlocutores para mostrar como um sistema de conhecimento como o Boererate persistiu ao longo do tempo e se tornou muito popular em fóruns online e grupos do Facebook durante a pandemia de Covid-19. O artigo faz parte de um projeto mais amplo que investiga o Boererate em contextos históricos e contemporâneos diversos. en_US
dc.description.department Anthropology and Archaeology en_US
dc.description.embargo 2024-12-05
dc.description.librarian hj2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-03:Good heatlh and well-being en_US
dc.description.uri http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rasa20 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Jeanie Blackbeard & Fraser G. McNeill (2023) The birth of Boererate: women and healing during the South African war, Anthropology Southern Africa, 46:1, 7-20, DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2022.2158892. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2332-3256 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2332-3264 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1080/23323256.2022.2158892
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/97613
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group) en_US
dc.rights © 2023 Anthropology Southern Africa. This is an electronic version of an article published in Anthropology Southern Africa, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 7-20, 2023. doi : 10.1080/23323256.2022.2158892. Anthropology Southern Africa is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rasa20. en_US
dc.subject South African concentration camps en_US
dc.subject Herbal healing therapies en_US
dc.subject Afrikaner women en_US
dc.subject Boer women en_US
dc.subject Healing therapies en_US
dc.subject SDG-03: Good health and well-being en_US
dc.title The birth of Boererate : women and healing during the South African war en_US
dc.type Postprint Article en_US


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