ISBN:
9781442676947
,
1442676949
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiv, 189 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Anthropological horizons 10
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Migliore, Sam Mal'uocchiu
DDC:
306.4
Keywords:
Evil eye Italy
;
Sicily
;
Mauvais œil
;
Mauvais œil Italie
;
Sicile
;
Italian Canadians Social life and customs
;
Italy
;
Sicily
;
Evil eye
;
Evil eye
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Evil eye
;
Livres numériques
;
Italy ; Sicily
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""1 Introduction""; ""Pirandello, Wittgenstein, and the Evil Eye""; ""Representations of the Evil Eye in the Literature""; ""2 The Ethnographic Context""; ""The Research Site: A Geographic and Historical Background""; ""The Fieldwork Experience""; ""3 The Power of Strong Emotions: Constructing the Sicilian-Canadian Evil-Eye Complex""; ""Mal'uocchiu in the Context of Sicilian-Canadian World-View""; ""Etiology, Strong Emotions, and the Illness Process""; ""Diagnostic and Therapeutic Measures""; ""Protecting Oneself against Mal'uocchiu""
Abstract:
""Mal'uocchiu: Powerful Symbol or Meaningless Chatter?""""Summary""; ""7 Conclusion""; ""Family Resemblance: The Variable Meaning of Mal'uocchiu""; ""Implications for Anthropological Investigation""; ""Epilogue""; ""GLOSSARY OF SICILIAN TERMS AND PHRASES""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""F""; ""G""; ""I""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""Z""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""
Abstract:
""Summary and Discussion: Deconstructing an Image of the Evil Eye""""4 Mal'uocchiu and the Language of Distress""; ""Explanation and Rationale for Taking Action""; ""Illness Narratives and the Experience of Distress""; ""Alterazione: A Healer's Conception of Distress""; ""Discussion""; ""5 Mal'uocchiu in Everyday Experience""; ""The Language of Distress and the Communication of Alternative Messages""; ""Mal'uocchiu, Social Control, and the Language of Argument""; ""Summary: Mal'uocchiu as Metaphor""; ""6 Extending the Web of Significance""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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