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Beschreibung
Significantly revised edition of a landmark anthropological investigation of tribal beliefs and practices regarding disease, health and medicine.
Significantly revised edition of a landmark anthropological investigation of tribal beliefs and practices regarding disease, health and medicine.
Über den Autor
Shirey Lindenbaum, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, CUNY-Graduate Center, research in Papua New Guinea from 1961 to 2008. Her books include the time of AIDS: Social in Analysis, Theory and Method, co edited with Gilbert Herdt and Knowledge, Power and Practise: The Anthropology of Medicine and Everyday Life, co edited with Margaret Locke.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface 1 Introduction 2 Kuru and Sorcery 3 Other Medical Disorders 4 Extensions of Self 5 Etiology and World View 6 Ideology in Transition 7 The Crisis Years 8 The Kibungs 9 Status and the Sorcerer 10 Polluters, Witches, and Sorcerers 11 Conclusion 1979 12 Telling History 13 The End of Kuru Epilogue
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Importe, Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781612052762
ISBN-10: 1612052762
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Lindenbaum, Shirley
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Shirley Lindenbaum
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.06.2013
Gewicht: 0,357 kg
Artikel-ID: 131007327