Knowledge of Illness in Sepik Society: A Study of the Gnau, New Guinea (London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology) - Hardcover

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Lewis, Gilbert

 
9780485195521: Knowledge of Illness in Sepik Society: A Study of the Gnau, New Guinea (London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology)

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Illness is a matter of concern in every society. Social responses to it depend both on the nature of the illness and on cultural interpretation of its significance. This study of the occurrence, recognition and explanation of illness amongst the Gnau makes use of its author's dual training in medicine and anthropology to show why, how far, and in what respects these people of a forest village in New Guinea turn to their religious and magical knowledge in the distress of illness. The analyis shows how a study of ilness can reveal belief and open an illummatlng and crucial perspective on a society's view of its world.

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Dr Lewis, MD, MRCP, is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge.

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9781845203047: Knowledge of Illness in a Sepik Society: A Study of the Gnau, New Guinea Volume 52 (Lse Monographs on Social Anthropology)

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ISBN 10:  1845203046 ISBN 13:  9781845203047
Verlag: Routledge, 1975
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