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Kuru sorcery : disease and danger in the New Guinea highlands
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Title
Kuru sorcery : disease and danger in the New Guinea highlands / Shirley Lindenbaum.
ISBN
1317264711 (electronic bk.)
9781317264712 (electronic bk.)
1612052754 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1612052762 (paperback)
9781612052755 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781612052762 (paperback)
Publication
Boulder, Colorado : Paradigm Publishers, [2013]
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 230 pages : : illustrations, maps.)
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Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Original
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-221) and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
2. Kuru and Sorcery
3. Other Medical Disorders
4. Extensions of Self
5. Etiology and World View
6. Ideology in Transition
7. The Crisis Years
8. The Kibungs
9. Status and the Sorcerer
10. Polluters, Witches, and Sorcerers
11. Conclusion 1979
12. Telling History
13. The End of Kuru.
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