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) |
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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->
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The complete tragedies . Volume 2 Oedipus, Hercules Mad, Hercules on Oeta, Thyestes, Agamemnon / / translated by Shadi Bartsch, Susanna Braund, and David Konstan ; edited by Shadi Bartsch |
Autore | Seneca Lucius Annaeus |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, [Illinois] ; ; London, [England] : , : The University of Chicago Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 pages) |
Disciplina | 872.01 |
Collana | The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
Soggetto topico | DRAMA / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
Antigone
Argos Deianeira Lycus Stoicism Thebes cannibalism deification exile madness |
ISBN | 0-226-82108-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Seneca and His World -- Oedipus -- Introduction -- Oedipus -- Hercules Mad -- Introduction -- Hercules Furens -- Hercules on Oeta -- Introduction -- Hercules Oetaeus -- Thyestes -- Introduction -- Thyestes -- Agamemnon -- Introduction -- Agamemnon -- Notes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910164954303321 |
Seneca Lucius Annaeus
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How the cows turned mad [[electronic resource] ] : unlocking the mysteries of mad cow disease / / Maxime Schwartz ; translated by Edward Schneider ; with a new foreword by Marion Nestle |
Autore | Schwartz Maxime <1940-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
Disciplina | 616.8/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Prion diseases in animals - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
beef biology brain infection cannibalism carnism carnivore cattle cows disease food and culture food studies food genetics health heredity infectious disease kuru life sciences mad cow mammals meat eating meat medical nonfiction medical science medicine molecular biology neuroscience nonfiction papua new guinea pasteur prion disease prion hypothesis science scrapie sheep transmissible spongiform encephalopathy tse zoology |
ISBN |
1-282-35762-X
9786612357626 0-520-93151-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION -- PROLOGUE -- 1: THE SHEEP ARE STRANGELY DIZZY -- 2: MOLECULES AND MICROBES -- 3: MAO DOGS AND EARTHWORMS -- 4: SCRAPIE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE -- 5: CREUTZFELOT, JAKOB, AND OTHERS -- 6: SCRAPIE IS INOCULABLE -- 7: AND GOATS, AND MICE -- 8: SCRAPIE IS CONTAGIOUS -- 9: KURU AND THE FORE PEOPLE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- 10: THE WALL COMES DOWN -- 11: FROM PEARL NECKLACE TO DOUBLE HELIX -- 12: THE PHANTOM VIRUS -- 13: A TRAGEDY I N THE MAKING -- 14: ONE CASE PER MILLION -- 15: PRIONS -- 16: APRIL 1985 -- 17: THE "KISS OF DEATH" -- 18: THE RETURN OF THE SPONTANEISTS -- 19: TO GROW-AND TO DIE -- 20: LESSONS LEARNED -- 21: HAVE THE COWS GONE MAD? -- 22: FROM COWS TO HUMANS -- 23: FROM COWS TO SHEEP? FROM HUMANS TO HUMANS? -- 24: THE SECRET IN THE CLOSET -- 25: UNMASKING "THE DISEASE" -- 26: HAVE WE CONllUERED "THE DISEASE"? -- 27: 2001 -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CHRONOLOGY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777956003321 |
Schwartz Maxime <1940->
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The nature of nutrition [[electronic resource] ] : a unifying framework from animal adaptation to human obesity / / Stephen J. Simpson and David Raubenheimer |
Autore | Simpson Stephen J |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
Disciplina | 612.3 |
Altri autori (Persone) | RaubenheimerDavid <1960-> |
Soggetto topico |
Nutrition
Nutrition - Research Animal nutrition Adaptation (Physiology) Bioenergetics Physiology, Experimental Obesity Energy metabolism |
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Geometric Framework
aging agricultural animals animal feeds animal life animal nutrition applied nutrition biophysical ecology cannibalism companion animals conservation ecology dietary recommendations dietary restriction ecological communities ecological sciences ecosystem dynamics ecosystem endangered species energetic expenditure epigenetic effects evolutionary ecology feeding behavior food components food composition food requirements food webs food-level analysis geometric responses group-level behavioral patterns growth targets gut health human diet human health human nutrition human obesity imbalanced diets immune response individual nutrition individual nutritional state intake target intake targets life history theory life span life-history strategies lifespan local nutritional interactions macronutrient intake macronutrient malnutrition medicine metabolic disease metabolic responses micronutrient migration modern human diet multiple nutrients multiple-food-components natural medicines natural selection nutrient intake nutrient needs nutrient space nutrient-level analysis nutrients nutrition nutritional biology nutritional environment nutritional environments nutritional epigenetics nutritional geometry nutritional homeostasis nutritional immunology nutritional interactions nutritional regimes nutritional requirements nutritional sciences nutritional space nutritional state nutritional traits physiological responses postingestive regulatory responses protein appetite protein intake reproduction reproductive senescence self-medication sex sexual selection theory stored fat superorganism taste receptors toxin trophic dynamics |
ISBN |
1-280-49403-4
9786613589262 1-4008-4280-8 |
Classificazione | ZE 40000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- One. Nutrition and Darwin's Entangled Bank -- Two. The Geometry of Nutrition -- Three. Mechanisms of Nutritional Regulation -- Four. Less Food, Less Sex, Live Longer? -- Five. Beyond Nutrients -- Six. Moving Targets -- Seven. From Individuals to Populations and Societies -- Eight. How Does Nutrition Structure Ecosystems? -- Nine. Applied Nutrition -- Ten. The Geometry of Human Nutrition -- Eleven. Perspectives -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779267703321 |
Simpson Stephen J
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New Cannibal Markets : Globalization and Commodification of the Human Body / / Jean-Daniel Rainhorn, Samira El Boudamoussi |
Autore | Akoh Jacob A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Paris, : Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme, 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BarrasVincent
Beck-GernsheimElisabeth BoudamoussiSamira El BrushBarbara L Budiani-SaberiDebra CapronAlexander M ColumbSeán CourtineJean-Jacques DovloDelanyo ElgerBernice S FrydmanRené GarraudOlivier GoyensPhilippe HurstSamia A KelleyEdward LefrèreJean-Jacques Mahdavi-MazdehMitra MahílloBeatriz MartinDominique MatesanzRafael MauronAlex MburuSheila MohapatraSeema NadimpallySarojini NahavandiFirouzeh NguyenVinh-Kim NoëlLuc OsselaerJean-Claude PirnayJean-Paul PocockNicola Suyin RainhornJean-Daniel SamamaEtti SándorJudit Scheper-HughesNancy ShalevCarmel SteinerPhilippe TissotJean-Daniel El BoudamoussiSamira |
Soggetto topico |
History & Philosophy Of Science
médecine sciences sociales technologie industrie de la santé cannibalisme cannibalism health industry medicine social sciences technology |
Soggetto non controllato |
cannibalism
health industry social sciences medicine technology |
ISBN | 2-7351-2285-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910246752703321 |
Akoh Jacob A
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War, memory, and the politics of humor [[electronic resource] ] : the Canard enchaîné and World War I / / Allen Douglas |
Autore | Douglas Allen <1949-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.3/02/07 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1914-1918
French wit and humor - History and criticism Satire, French - History and criticism World War, 1914-1918 - Press coverage - France |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
armistice battles bodies canard enchaine cannibalism carnage cartoons corpses crossdressing dissent france free press gender great depression great war history humor imperialism injured soldiers journalism leftist politics literary criticism militarism military newspaper periodicals political cartoons political commentary political speech protest satire social commentary soldier war hero war wounded war world war one ww1 |
ISBN |
9786612356629
1-282-35662-3 0-520-92694-3 1-59734-988-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Satire and Censorship -- 2. Verbal and Visual, Humor and Politics -- 3. Unstuffing Skulls -- 4. The Tears of L'Intran -- 5. Soldiers versus Profiteers -- 6. In Vino Veritas -- 7. Peace or Postwar -- 8. Web of Memory -- 9. Between Cannibalism and Resurrection -- 10. Anti-Imperialism and Its Stereotypes -- 11. Politics as Usual -- 12. Canard Economics, or the Costs of the War -- 13. The Wealth of Nations -- 14. Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780078503321 |
Douglas Allen <1949->
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