| Description |
xxii, 259 pages ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
The Efficacy of Ethnomedicine: Research Methods in Trouble / Robert Anderson -- An Epidemiological Description of a Folk Illness: A Study of Empacho in Guatemala / Susan C. Weller, Trenton K. Ruebush II and Robert E. Klein -- Discourse, Dano and Healing in North Coastal Peru / Bonnie Class-Coffin -- Guardian Angels and Dirty Spirits: The Moral Basis of Healing Power in Rural Haiti / Paul E. Brodwin -- Deciding How to Decide: Possession-Mediumship in Jalari Divination / Charles W. Nuckolls -- "Unclean Deeds": Menstrual Taboos and Binding "Ties" in Rural Jamaica / E.J. Sobo -- The Harp That Plays by Itself / Christopher C. Taylor -- The Production of Self and Body in Sherpa-Tibetan Society / Vincanne Adams -- Malay Medicine, Malay Person / Carol Laderman -- An Ayurvedic Theory of Cancer / Margaret Trawick -- Ethnomedicine: Diverse Trends, Common Linkages / Mark Nichter |
| Notes |
"... an expanded collection of essays ... originally organized for a special edition of the journal Medical anthropology, volume 13 (1-2) 1991"--Pref |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Traditional medicine.
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Medical anthropology.
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| Author |
Nichter, Mark.
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| LC no. |
92020369 |
| ISBN |
2881245293 (paperback) |
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2881245307 |
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