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

dc.contributor.authorBlackbeard, Jeanie
dc.contributor.authorMcNeill, Fraser G.
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-14T05:12:21Z
dc.date.issued2023-06
dc.description.abstractThis 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.abstractEste 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.departmentAnthropology and Archaeologyen_US
dc.description.embargo2024-12-05
dc.description.librarianhj2024en_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-03:Good heatlh and well-beingen_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rasa20en_US
dc.identifier.citationJeanie 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.issn2332-3256 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2332-3264 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/23323256.2022.2158892
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/97613
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNISC (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.subjectSouth African concentration campsen_US
dc.subjectHerbal healing therapiesen_US
dc.subjectAfrikaner womenen_US
dc.subjectBoer womenen_US
dc.subjectHealing therapiesen_US
dc.subjectSDG-03: Good health and well-beingen_US
dc.titleThe birth of Boererate : women and healing during the South African waren_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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