Knowledge of Illness in a Sepik Society : A Study of the Gnau, New Guinea Volume 52
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology
ISBN-10
1845203046
ISBN-13
9781845203047
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 1st, 1975
Print length
402 Pages
Weight
453 grams
Product Classification:
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnographyComplementary medicine
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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.
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 ilness can reveal belief and open an illummatlng and crucial perspective on a society''s view of its world.
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