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Body and emotion : the aesthetics of illness and healing in the Nepal Himalayas / Robert R. Desjarlais.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Desjarlais, Robert R.
- Series:
- Series in contemporary ethnography
- Contemporary Ethnography
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shamanism--Nepal--Helmu Region.
- Shamanism.
- Sherpa (Nepalese people)--Religion.
- Sherpa (Nepalese people).
- Ethnology.
- Helmu Region (Nepal)--Religious life and customs.
- Helmu Region (Nepal).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 300 pages) : illustrations, map
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Loss
- pt. Healing.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-295) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283897310
- 1283897318
- 9780812206425
- 0812206428
- 9780585196817
- 0585196818
- OCLC:
- 44962341
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