Restoring the Balance : Performing Healing in West Papua.

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The study offers an ethnographically rich journey through the variety of healing methods in current Ayfat society: indigenous (obtained during female and male initiation rites), biomedical (the missionary hospital), and Christian (created by ritual healers since the coming of the missionaries). Like...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Courtens, Ien
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Brill, 2008.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Missions > Indonesia > Papua.
Église catholique > Missions > Indonésie > Papouasie occidentale.
Catholic Church
Mejprat (New Guinean people) > Medical care.
Mejprat (New Guinean people) > Medical care > Religious aspects.
Traditional medicine > Indonesia > Papua.
Medical care > Indonesia > Papua.
Healing > Indonesia > Papua.
Folklore > Performance > Indonesia > Papua.
Catholic hospitals > Indonesia > Papua.
Mejprat (Peuple de Nouvelle-Guinée) > Soins médicaux.
Mejprat (Peuple de Nouvelle-Guinée) > Soins médicaux > Aspect religieux.
Guérison > Indonésie > Papouasie occidentale.
Folklore > Interprétation > Indonésie > Papouasie occidentale.
Hôpitaux catholiques > Indonésie > Papouasie occidentale.
Soins médicaux > Indonésie > Papouasie occidentale.
Catholic hospitals
Folklore > Performance
Healing
Medical care
Missions
Traditional medicine
Indonesia > Papua
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Restoring the balance : performing healing in West Papua /
by Courtens, Ien
Published 2008
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