Gilbert Lewis

Knowledge of Illness in a Sepik Society

A Study of the Gnau, New Guinea Volume 52

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 511g
• ISBN-13: 9780367716509
• ISBN-10: 036771650X
• Artikelnr.: 69893975

Autorenporträt

Dr Lewis, MD, MRCP, is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I 1. SOCIAL STRUCTURE 9 2. ENVIRONMENT AND DISEASE 41
3. THE INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF ILLNESS 95 4. THE RECOGNITION OF ILLNESS
128 5. CLASSES OF CAUSE 154 6. CAUSALITY IN ILLNESS 195 7. THE EXPLANATION
OF ACTUAL ILLNESS 229 CONCLUSION 331 APPENDIX: SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL DATA
361 LIST OF WORKS CITED 369INDEX 371