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Aghor medicine [[electronic resource] ] : pollution, death, and healing in northern India / / Ron Barrett ; foreword by Jonathan P. Parry
Aghor medicine [[electronic resource] ] : pollution, death, and healing in northern India / / Ron Barrett ; foreword by Jonathan P. Parry
Autore Barrett Ron <1963->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (240 p.)
Disciplina 306.4/6109542
Soggetto topico Medical anthropology - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Aghorīs - Rituals
Healing - Religious aspects - Aghorīs
Leprosy - Treatment - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-281-38565-4
0-520-94101-2
9786611385651
1-4356-5368-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Note on Transliteration, Abbreviations, and Names -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Cosmic Sink -- 2. Fire in the Well -- 3. The Reformation -- 4. The Wrong Side of the River -- 5. Dawā and Duwā -- 6. Death and Nondiscrimination -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910454491503321
Barrett Ron <1963->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Aghor medicine [[electronic resource] ] : pollution, death, and healing in northern India / / Ron Barrett ; foreword by Jonathan P. Parry
Aghor medicine [[electronic resource] ] : pollution, death, and healing in northern India / / Ron Barrett ; foreword by Jonathan P. Parry
Autore Barrett Ron <1963->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (240 p.)
Disciplina 306.4/6109542
Soggetto topico Medical anthropology - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Aghorīs - Rituals
Healing - Religious aspects - Aghorīs
Leprosy - Treatment - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Soggetto non controllato aghor medicine
aghor therapy
aghori
anthropology
ayurveda
biomedicines
cannibalism
charnel grounds
conflict
coprophagy
corpses
cremation grounds
cremation
death
hardship
healing powers
healing
health
human skulls
illness and health
india
kapalas
living naked
medical anthropology
medical conditions
meditation
multicultural medicine
northern india
political organization
politics
pollution
post mortem rites
radical
ritual bathing
ritually polluted substances
skull cups
stigmatized diseases
ISBN 1-281-38565-4
0-520-94101-2
9786611385651
1-4356-5368-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Note on Transliteration, Abbreviations, and Names -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Cosmic Sink -- 2. Fire in the Well -- 3. The Reformation -- 4. The Wrong Side of the River -- 5. Dawā and Duwā -- 6. Death and Nondiscrimination -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910782162203321
Barrett Ron <1963->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Aghor medicine [[electronic resource] ] : pollution, death, and healing in northern India / / Ron Barrett ; foreword by Jonathan P. Parry
Aghor medicine [[electronic resource] ] : pollution, death, and healing in northern India / / Ron Barrett ; foreword by Jonathan P. Parry
Autore Barrett Ron <1963->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (240 p.)
Disciplina 306.4/6109542
Soggetto topico Medical anthropology - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Aghorīs - Rituals
Healing - Religious aspects - Aghorīs
Leprosy - Treatment - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Soggetto non controllato aghor medicine
aghor therapy
aghori
anthropology
ayurveda
biomedicines
cannibalism
charnel grounds
conflict
coprophagy
corpses
cremation grounds
cremation
death
hardship
healing powers
healing
health
human skulls
illness and health
india
kapalas
living naked
medical anthropology
medical conditions
meditation
multicultural medicine
northern india
political organization
politics
pollution
post mortem rites
radical
ritual bathing
ritually polluted substances
skull cups
stigmatized diseases
ISBN 1-281-38565-4
0-520-94101-2
9786611385651
1-4356-5368-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Note on Transliteration, Abbreviations, and Names -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Cosmic Sink -- 2. Fire in the Well -- 3. The Reformation -- 4. The Wrong Side of the River -- 5. Dawā and Duwā -- 6. Death and Nondiscrimination -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910826607603321
Barrett Ron <1963->  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui