Body and emotion : the aesthetics of illness and healing in the Nepal Himalayas / / Robert R. Desjarlais
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| Autore: |
Desjarlais Robert R
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| Titolo: |
Body and emotion : the aesthetics of illness and healing in the Nepal Himalayas / / Robert R. Desjarlais
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| Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 1992 |
| ©1992 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xii, 300 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Disciplina: | 299/.54 |
| Soggetto topico: | Shamanism - Nepal - Helmu Region |
| Sherpa (Nepalese people) - Religion | |
| Ethnography | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Helmu Region (Nepal) Religious life and customs |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-295) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. Loss -- pt. Healing. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Body and emotion |
| ISBN: | 1-283-89731-8 |
| 0-8122-0642-8 | |
| 0-585-19681-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807340003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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