| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 329 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Girdiiq nu Waqab ("people of Yap") -- From land to virtue -- Sentiment and social structure -- Subjectivity, embodiment, and social action -- Privacy, secrecy, and agency -- Yapese configurations of pain and suffering -- Stories told -- Dysphoric moments : a case study |
| Summary |
Suffering and Sentiment examines the cultural and personal experiences of chronic and acute pain sufferers in a richly described account of everyday beliefs, values, and practices on the island of Yap (Waqab), Federated States of Micronesia. C. Jason Throop provides a vivid sense of Yapese life as he explores the local systems of knowledge, morality, and practice that pertain to experiencing and expressing pain. In so doing, Throop investigates the ways in which sensory experiences like pain can be given meaningful coherence in the context of an individual's culturally constituted existence. I |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Medical anthropology -- Micronesia (Federated States) -- Yap
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Pain -- Treatment -- Micronesia (Federated States) -- Yap
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Medical anthropology
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Pain -- Treatment
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Micronesia (Federated States) -- Yap
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009029171 |
| ISBN |
9780520945937 |
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052094593X |
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1282556266 |
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9781282556263 |
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