Humors and substances : ideas of the body in New Guinea /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stewart, Pamela J.
Other Authors: Strathern, Andrew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Westport, Ct. : Bergin & Garvey, 2001.
Subjects:
Ethnology > New Guinea.
Human body > Social aspects > New Guinea.
Body fluids > Social aspects > New Guinea.
Rites and ceremonies > New Guinea.
Body fluids.
Mental healing.
Medicine, Traditional
Body Fluids
Human Body
Mental Healing
Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical
Ethnologie > Nouvelle-Guinée (Île)
Corps humain > Aspect social > Nouvelle-Guinée.
Liquides organiques > Aspect social > Nouvelle-Guinée.
Rites et cérémonies > Nouvelle-Guinée.
Liquides organiques.
Guérison par l'esprit.
Mental healing
Body fluids
Ethnology
Human body > Social aspects
Manners and customs
Rites and ceremonies
Menselijk lichaam.
Riten.
Papoea's.
New Guinea > Social life and customs.
Papua New Guinea
Nouvelle-Guinée > Mœurs et coutumes.
New Guinea
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: gathering the threads of the flow of life / Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
  • The scent of sweat: notions of witchcraft and morality in Inanwatan / Dianne van Oosterhout
  • The Manes Kaya healing rite: blood, sago, and sacred cloths for the ancestors / Ien Courtens
  • A comparative discussion of witchcraft and healing rituals / Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
  • Substance transfer: conception, growth, and nurturance in highlands Papua New Guinea / Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
  • The Wöp cult: water power / Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
  • Mind substance / Pamea J Stewart, Andrew Strathern
  • Conclusion: mediating opposites / Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern.

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