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Body and emotion : the aesthetics of illness and healing in the Nepal Himalayas / Robert R. Desjarlais.
LIBRA BL2033.5.S52 D45 1992
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Desjarlais, Robert R.
- Series:
- Series in contemporary ethnography
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shamanism--Nepal--Helmu Region.
- Shamanism.
- Sherpa (Nepalese people)--Religion.
- Sherpa (Nepalese people).
- Helmu Region (Nepal)--Religious life and customs.
- Helmu Region (Nepal).
- Nepal--Helmu Region.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1992]
- Summary:
- Body and Emotion is a study of the relationship between culture and emotional distress, an examination of the cultural forces that influence, make sense of, and heal severe pain and malaise. In order to investigate this relationship, Robert R. Desjarlais served as an apprentice healer among the Yolmo Sherpa, a Tibetan Buddhist people who reside in the Helambu region of north-central Nepal.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 081223166X
- 081221434X
- OCLC:
- 26400049
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