ISBN:
9780520945937
,
052094593X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xvii, 329 p.)
,
ill., maps.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Throop, C. Jason Suffering and sentiment
DDC:
306.4610966
Keywords:
Medical anthropology Micronesia (Federated States)
;
Yap
;
Pain Treatment
;
Micronesia (Federated States)
;
Yap
;
Micronesia (Federated States)
;
Yap
;
Medical anthropology
;
Pain Treatment
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Medical anthropology
;
Pain ; Treatment
;
Micronesia (Federated States) ; Yap
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Suffering and Sentiment examines the cultural and personal experiences of chronic and acute pain sufferers in a richly described account of everyday beliefs, values, and practices on the island of Yap (Waqab), Federated States of Micronesia. C. Jason Throop provides a vivid sense of Yapese life as he explores the local systems of knowledge, morality, and practice that pertain to experiencing and expressing pain. In so doing, Throop investigates the ways in which sensory experiences like pain can be given meaningful coherence in the context of an individual's culturally constituted existence. I
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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