ISBN:
9780812214345
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (320 p)
Series Statement:
Contemporary Ethnography
Series Statement:
Contemporary Ethnography Ser
Parallel Title:
Print version Body and Emotion : The Aesthetics of Illness and Healing in the Nepal Himalayas
DDC:
305.891
Keywords:
Helmu Region (Nepal) ; Religious life and customs
;
Shamanism ; Nepal ; Helmu Region
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Sherpa (Nepalese people) ; Religion
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transcription -- Part I Loss -- 1. Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads -- 2. Body, Speech, Mind -- 3. An Aesthetics of Experience -- 4. Pain Clings to the Body -- 5. Soul Loss -- Part 2 Healing -- 6. The Art of Knowing -- 7. Metamorphoses -- 8. A Calling of Souls -- 9. Departures -- 10. Afterwords -- Notes -- Glossary of Terms -- References -- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Cover ""; ""Contents ""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Note on Transcription""; ""Part I Loss""; ""1. Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads""; ""2. Body, Speech, Mind""; ""3. An Aesthetics of Experience""; ""4. Pain Clings to the Body""; ""5. Soul Loss""; ""Part 2 Healing""; ""6. The Art of Knowing""; ""7. Metamorphoses""; ""8. A Calling of Souls""; ""9. Departures""; ""10. Afterwords""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary of Terms""; ""References""; ""Index ""
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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