03416nam 2200661 a 450 991045702210332120200520144314.00-85745-095-6(CKB)2550000000036567(EBL)710980(OCoLC)727649493(SSID)ssj0000539840(PQKBManifestationID)12200640(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000539840(PQKBWorkID)10581134(PQKB)11684179(MiAaPQ)EBC710980(Au-PeEL)EBL710980(CaPaEBR)ebr10473124(CaONFJC)MIL536803(EXLCZ)99255000000003656720110113d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOut of place[electronic resource] madness in the highlands of Papua New Guinea /Michael GoddardNew York Berghahn Booksc20111 online resource (187 p.)Social identities ;v. 6Description based upon print version of record.0-85745-094-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Out of Place; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - The Development of Psychiatry in Papua New Guinea; Chapter 2 - Psychiatric Theory and Practice in Papua New Guinea; Chapter 3 - Madness and the Ambivalent Use of Psychiatry in the Kaugel Valley; Chapter 4 - Affliction and Madness; Chapter 5 - The Social Construction of Madness: Lopa's Season; Chapter 6 - The Social Construction of Madness: The Mad Giant; Conclusion: In Anticipation of a Kakoli Ethnopsychiatry; Appendix A: Orthography; Appendix B: Glossary of Umbu Ungu Terms; References; IndexThe Kakoli of the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), the focus of this study, did not traditionally have a concept of mental illness. They classified madness according to social behaviour, not mental pathology. Moreover, their conception of the person did not recognise the same physical and mental categories that inform Western medical science, and psychiatry in particular was not officially introduced to PNG until the late 1950s. Its practitioners claimed that it could adequately accommodate the cultural variation among Melanesian societies. This book compares the intent and practicSocial identities ;v. 6.PapuansPapua New GuineaWestern Highlands ProvincePsychologyPapuansMental healthPapua New GuineaWestern Highlands ProvincePapuansPapua New GuineaWestern Highlands ProvinceSocial conditionsPsychiatry, TransculturalPapua New GuineaWestern Highlands ProvinceEthnopsychologyPapua New GuineaWestern Highlands ProvinceWestern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea)Social conditionsElectronic books.PapuansPsychology.PapuansMental healthPapuansSocial conditions.Psychiatry, TransculturalEthnopsychology305.9/0840899912Goddard Michael(Michael Bruce)867867MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457022103321Out of place2128128UNINA