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Body and Emotion: The Aesthetics of Illness and Healing in the Nepal Himalayas

By Robert R. Desjarlais

Book information

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Year
1992
ISBN
081221434X, 9780812214345
LCC
BL2033.5.S52 D45 1992
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10506823 bytes)
Series
Series in Contemporary Ethnography
Pages
321\321
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Body and Emotion is a study of the relationship between culture and emotional distress, an examination of the cultural forces that influence, make sense of, and heal severe pain and malaise. In order to investigate this relationship, Robert R. Desjarlais served as an apprentice healer among the Yolmo Sherpa, a Tibetan Buddhist people who reside in the Helambu region of north-central Nepal.

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