Knowledge of illness in a Sepik society

Illness is a matter of concern in every society. Social responses to it depend both on the nature of the illness and on cultural interpretation of its significance. This study of the occurrence, recognition and explanation of illness amongst the Gnau makes use of its author's dual training in medicine and anthropology to show why, how far, and in what respects these people of a forest village in New Guinea turn to their religious and magical knowledge in the distress of illness. The analyis shows how a study of illness can reveal belief and open an illummatlng and crucial perspective on a society's view of its world.

שנה

2021

שפה

English

סדרה

Monographs on social anthropology -- no. 52

הוצאה

Routledge

מהדורות

4

עמודים

256

ISBN

9781000324372

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