Out of Place : Madness in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.

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The Kakoli of the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), the focus of this study, did not traditionally have a concept of mental illness. They classified madness according to social behaviour, not mental pathology. Moreover, their conception of the person did not recognise the same physical an...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Goddard, Michael (Michael Bruce)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2011.
Series:Social Identities, vol. 6.
Subjects:
Papuans > Papua New Guinea > Western Highlands Province > Psychology.
Papuans > Mental health > Papua New Guinea > Western Highlands Province.
Papuans > Papua New Guinea > Western Highlands Province > Social conditions.
Psychiatry, Transcultural > Papua New Guinea > Western Highlands Province.
Ethnopsychology > Papua New Guinea > Western Highlands Province.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > People with Disabilities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Ethnopsychology.
Psychiatry, Transcultural.
Social conditions.
Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) > Social conditions.
Papua New Guinea > Western Highlands Province.
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