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Africa Remembered: Narratives by West Africans from the Era of the Slave Trade
edited by Philip D. Curtin, 1922-2009 (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., 1997, originally published 1967), 396 page(s)
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edited by Philip D. Curtin, 1922-2009 (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., 1997, originally published 1967), 396 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Philip D. Curtin, 1922-2009
Date Published / Released
1967, 1997
Publisher
Waveland Press, Inc.
Topic / Theme
West African, Recorded history, African ethnic groups, Slave trade, Treatment of slaves
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Copyright © 1997 by Waveland Press
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Body and Emotion: The Aesthetics of Illness and Healing in the Nepal Himalayas
written by Robert R. Desiarlais, in Contemporary Ethnography (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992, originally published 1992), 319 page(s)
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written by Robert R. Desiarlais, in Contemporary Ethnography (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992, originally published 1992), 319 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Robert R. Desiarlais
Author / Creator
Robert R. Desiarlais
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Series
Contemporary Ethnography
Topic / Theme
Nepalese, Spirituality, Soul, Emotions and feelings, Spiritual healing, Shamanism, Ethnography, Nepali
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Copyright © 1992 by University of Pennsylvania Press
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Drugs & Prayers - Indian Psychiatry in the Realm of Saints
directed by Helena Basu, fl. 2010 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2001), 55 mins
The Sufi shrine of Mira Datar in North Gujarat is a large pilgrimage centre specialising in healing possession and mental illness. It has become a site of experimenting with new forms of community care in the mental health sector. The film documents exchanges between various actors at the shrine and listens to the...
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directed by Helena Basu, fl. 2010 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2001), 55 mins
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The Sufi shrine of Mira Datar in North Gujarat is a large pilgrimage centre specialising in healing possession and mental illness. It has become a site of experimenting with new forms of community care in the mental health sector. The film documents exchanges between various actors at the shrine and listens to the stories of the protagonists. It presents different views on the presumed causes of mental illness as well as on the benefit or non-ben...
The Sufi shrine of Mira Datar in North Gujarat is a large pilgrimage centre specialising in healing possession and mental illness. It has become a site of experimenting with new forms of community care in the mental health sector. The film documents exchanges between various actors at the shrine and listens to the stories of the protagonists. It presents different views on the presumed causes of mental illness as well as on the benefit or non-benefit of medicine or ritual practices as perceived by patients and their relatives.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Helena Basu, fl. 2010
Author / Creator
Helena Basu, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Topic / Theme
Indian, Drugs and pharmaceuticals, Saints, Mental illnesses, Patients, Health care issues, Religious rites and ceremonies, Mental health treatments, Pilgrimage, Ethnography, Indians (Asian)
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Copyright 2010. Used by permission of Royal Anthropological Institute. All rights reserved.
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Kusum
directed by Jouko Aaltonen, fl. 2000; produced by Jouko Aaltonen, fl. 2000 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2000), 1 hour 9 mins
Kusum is a 14-year-old Indian girl. She lives and attends school in Delhi. Kaushal, her father, drives a motorised rickshaw and works his fingers to the bone to support his family. Sumitra, Kusum’s mother, is about to have a baby. Kusum’s family is poor, but their life isn’t too bad, until Kusum falls ill. S...
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directed by Jouko Aaltonen, fl. 2000; produced by Jouko Aaltonen, fl. 2000 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2000), 1 hour 9 mins
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Kusum is a 14-year-old Indian girl. She lives and attends school in Delhi. Kaushal, her father, drives a motorised rickshaw and works his fingers to the bone to support his family. Sumitra, Kusum’s mother, is about to have a baby. Kusum’s family is poor, but their life isn’t too bad, until Kusum falls ill. She isolates herself, she has raving fits and she refuses to eat properly. Her family takes her to see a doctor, but no physical illness...
Kusum is a 14-year-old Indian girl. She lives and attends school in Delhi. Kaushal, her father, drives a motorised rickshaw and works his fingers to the bone to support his family. Sumitra, Kusum’s mother, is about to have a baby. Kusum’s family is poor, but their life isn’t too bad, until Kusum falls ill. She isolates herself, she has raving fits and she refuses to eat properly. Her family takes her to see a doctor, but no physical illness can be found. It’s evil spirits, say the neighbours. Kusum, Kaushal and Aunt Suman journey to the neighbouring town of Hapur, where Bhagat the healer lives. Bhagat is well-known throughout the region, and people travel hundreds of miles to see him. Bhagat’s methods include conversation, rituals and herbal treatments. Joint trance sessions in which spirits talk constitute the core of his methodology. Should a patient fail to enter a trance, Bhagat’s assistant Meena takes the spirits into herself and is entranced on behalf of the patient. Bhagat examines the family and orders treatment.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Antti Pakaslahti, fl. 2000, Jouko Aaltonen, fl. 2000
Author / Creator
Jouko Aaltonen, fl. 2000, Antti Pakaslahti, fl. 2000
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Topic / Theme
Indian, Religious beliefs, Faith healing, Demons, General medical conditions, Poverty, Adolescence, Ethnography, Indians (Asian)
Copyright Message
Copyright 2000. Used by permission of Royal Anthropological Institute. All rights reserved.
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The Mind of Primitive Man
written by Franz Boas, 1858-1942 (New York, NY: Macmillan Company, 1922, originally published 1911), 306 page(s)
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written by Franz Boas, 1858-1942 (New York, NY: Macmillan Company, 1922, originally published 1911), 306 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Franz Boas, 1858-1942
Author / Creator
Franz Boas, 1858-1942
Date Published / Released
1911, 1922
Publisher
Macmillan Company
Topic / Theme
Character traits, Cultural identity, Prejudice, Racial identity, Language and linguistics
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Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie
written by Wade Davis (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1988, originally published 1988), 368 page(s)
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written by Wade Davis (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1988, originally published 1988), 368 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Ethnography
Contributor
Wade Davis
Author / Creator
Wade Davis
Date Published / Released
1988
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Topic / Theme
Haitian, Sociology, Poisons, Haitian people, Social customs, Religious life, Ethnography, Jews
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Copyright © 1988 by Edmund Wade Davis
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Race, Language and Culture
written by Franz Boas, 1858-1942 (New York, NY: Free Press, 1966), 669 page(s)
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written by Franz Boas, 1858-1942 (New York, NY: Free Press, 1966), 669 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Franz Boas, 1858-1942
Author / Creator
Franz Boas, 1858-1942
Date Published / Released
1966
Publisher
Free Press
Topic / Theme
Ethnographic methodology, Anthropology, Cultural identity, Race relations, Language and linguistics
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The Stars We Know: Crow Indian Astronomy and Lifeways
written by Timothy P. McCleary (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., 1997, originally published 1997), 156 page(s)
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written by Timothy P. McCleary (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., 1997, originally published 1997), 156 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Ethnography
Contributor
Timothy P. McCleary
Author / Creator
Timothy P. McCleary
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Waveland Press, Inc.
Topic / Theme
Crow, American Indian communities, Astronomy, Planets, Stars and novas
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1997 by Waveland Press
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Struggling with Development: The Politics of Hunger and Gender in the Philippines
written by Lynn M. Kwiatkowski (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, originally published 1998), 372 page(s)
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written by Lynn M. Kwiatkowski (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, originally published 1998), 372 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Ethnography
Contributor
Lynn M. Kwiatkowski
Author / Creator
Lynn M. Kwiatkowski
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
Westview Press
Topic / Theme
Filipino, Poverty, Gender, Politics, Malnutrition, Filipinos
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1999 by Lynn Kwiatkowski. Reproduced by permission of Westview Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
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The Iraqw of Tanzania: Negotiating Rural Development
written by Katherine A. Snyder, in Westview Case Studies in Anthropology (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2005, originally published 2005), 220 page(s)
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written by Katherine A. Snyder, in Westview Case Studies in Anthropology (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2005, originally published 2005), 220 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Ethnography
Contributor
Katherine A. Snyder
Author / Creator
Katherine A. Snyder
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Westview Press
Series
Westview Case Studies in Anthropology
Topic / Theme
Iraqw (Mbulu), Cultural identity, Rural population, Economic development, Iraqw
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2005 by Katherine A. Snyder. Reproduced by permission of Westview Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
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