Aghor Medicine : Pollution, Death, and Healing in Northern India.

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The Aghori have been known as the most radical ascetics in India: living naked on the cremation grounds, meditating on corpses, engaging in cannibalism and coprophagy, and consuming intoxicants out of human skulls. This book explores the dynamics of pollution, death, and healing in Aghor medicine. I...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barrett, Ron, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton, 2004.
Temas:
Medical anthropology > India > Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Aghorīs > Rituals.
Healing > Religious aspects > Aghorīs.
Leprosy > Treatment > India > Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Aghorīs > Rituel.
Lèpre > Traitement > Inde > Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Leprosy > Treatment
Medical anthropology
India > Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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