Gadè, deceptions and lies told by the ill : the Caribbean sociocultural construction of truth in patient-healer encounters / / Raymond Massé
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| Autore: |
Massé Raymond
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| Titolo: |
Gadè, deceptions and lies told by the ill : the Caribbean sociocultural construction of truth in patient-healer encounters / / Raymond Massé
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| Pubblicazione: | Chicoutimi, Quebec : , : J.-M. Tremblay, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina: | 177.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Truthfulness and falsehood |
| Truthfulness and falsehood - History | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction : beyond romanticism -- The patient-healer encounter -- The role of lying in client-healer interactions -- The lie in the context of a language-game that makes sense of reality through narratives -- Language and idioms -- The lying-game and acting on the social stage -- Lying and the moral community -- Conclusion -- References. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A constructivist approach in medical anthropology suggests that the boundary between lies and truth in sickness narratives is thin. Based on fieldwork in the French (Martinique) and English (Saint-Lucia) Carribbean with gadé and quimboiseurs (local folk healers), this paper addresses the gap between naïve romanticism and radical cynicism in the anthropological analysis of patient-healer encounters, Is the sick person lying when she accuses evil spirits for her behaviour or sickness ? Is the quimboiseur who is building a meaningful explanation or diagnosis simply a liar taking advantage of his client's credulity ? The challenge for anthropology is not to determine whether or not a person is lying when attributing their ill fortune to witchcraft. Instead, in this paper, the author approaches lying as a language-game played by both patients and folk healers. Concepts of lying as games, tactical lies, pragmatic creativity, and constructive lies are introduced here as a perspective for a reconsideration of lying as a pertinent research object. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Gadè, deceptions and lies told by the ill |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Gadè, deceptions and lies told by the ill |
| ISBN: | 1-4123-7102-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910132728903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Classiques des sciences sociales ; ; 3880.