Knowledge of Illness in a Sepik Society: A Study of the Gnau, New Guinea Volume 52

ISBN-13: 9780367716509 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 256 str.

Gilbert Lewis

Opis

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.

Spis treści

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I 1. SOCIAL STRUCTURE 9 2. ENVIRONMENT AND DISEASE 41 3. THE INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF ILLNESS 95 4. THE RECOGNITION OF ILLNESS 128 5. CLASSES OF CAUSE 154 6. CAUSALITY IN ILLNESS 195 7. THE EXPLANATION OF ACTUAL ILLNESS 229 CONCLUSION 331 APPENDIX: SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL DATA 361 LIST OF WORKS CITED 369INDEX 371

O autorze

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