Dialogue and the interpretation of illness: conversations in a Cameroon village / Robert Pool
1994, 1st Edition. Oxford [England]; Providence, RI, USA: Berg. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Item #355265
ISBN: 1859730167
Physical description: xii, 286 pages: illustrations, maps; 23 cm. Contents:
1. First Encounters -- 2. Background, Setting and Presentation -- 3. Malnutrition, Ngang and Twins -- 4. Abominations, Bad Death and Bfaa -- 5. Illness, Medicine and Etiology -- 6. Witches, Cannibals and Seers -- 7. Illnesses of God and Illnesses of People -- 8. The Ancestors and Illness -- 9. From Representation to Dialogue in Medical -- Epilogue: Lawrence's Departure. Subjects:
Limbum (African people) Medicine. Limbum (African people) Diseases. Limbum (African people) Health and hygiene. Medical anthropology Cameroon Tabenken. Traditional medicine Cameroon Tabenken. Anthropological linguistics Cameroon Tabenken.
Price: €14.95