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) |
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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 |
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Chagas Disease
| Chagas Disease |
| Autore | Heukelbach Jorg |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | Medicine |
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American trypanosomiasis
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| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557598203321 |
Heukelbach Jorg
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