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UNINA9910132728903321 |
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Autore |
Massé Raymond |
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Titolo |
Gadè, deceptions and lies told by the ill : the Caribbean sociocultural construction of truth in patient-healer encounters / / Raymond Massé |
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Chicoutimi, Quebec : , : J.-M. Tremblay, , 2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Classiques des sciences sociales ; ; 3880 |
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Disciplina |
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Truthfulness and falsehood |
Truthfulness and falsehood - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Introduction : beyond romanticism -- The patient-healer encounter -- The role of lying in client-healer interactions -- The lie in the context of a language-game that makes sense of reality through narratives -- Language and idioms -- The lying-game and acting on the social stage -- Lying and the moral community -- Conclusion -- References. |
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A constructivist approach in medical anthropology suggests that the boundary between lies and truth in sickness narratives is thin. Based on fieldwork in the French (Martinique) and English (Saint-Lucia) Carribbean with gadé and quimboiseurs (local folk healers), this paper addresses the gap between naïve romanticism and radical cynicism in the anthropological analysis of patient-healer encounters, Is the sick person lying when she accuses evil spirits for her behaviour or sickness ? Is the quimboiseur who is building a meaningful explanation or diagnosis simply a liar taking advantage of his client's credulity ? The challenge for anthropology is not to determine whether or not a person is lying when attributing their ill fortune to witchcraft. Instead, in this paper, the author approaches lying as a language-game played by both patients and folk healers. Concepts of lying as games, tactical lies, pragmatic creativity, and constructive lies are introduced here as a perspective for a reconsideration of lying as a pertinent research object. |
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UNINA9910960438903321 |
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Autore |
Musha Takaaki |
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Field propulsion system for space travel : physics of non-conventional propulsion methods for interstellar travel / / edited and authored by Takaaki Musha & Yoshinari Minami |
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[Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, : Bentham Books, 2011] |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (155 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Space vehicles - Propulsion systems |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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01 Title.pdf; 02 Title pages; 03 eBooks End User License Agreement-Website; 04 Contents; 05 Foreword; 06 Preface; 07 Acknowledgements; 08 Chap 01; 09 Chap 02; 10 Chap 03; 11 Chap 04; 12 Chap 05; 13 Chap 06; 14 Conclusions; 15 REFERENCES; 16 Bibliographies; 17 Appendices; 18 Index |
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This e-book presents an overview of field propulsion systems for the use of space travel and interstellar travel. Such systems include warp drive and anti-gravity schemes, and rely on momentum transfer from the spacecraft to the external force field and from there to other masses in the cosmos in order to satisfy conservation of momentum. This cannot be achieved by the conventional methods like chemical propulsion and electric propulsion. The e-book should be a valuable source of information for researchers interested in spaceflight and propulsion physics. |
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