| Body and Emotion: The Aesthetics of Illness and Healing in the Nepal Himalayas Contributor(s): Desjarlais, Robert R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 081221434X ISBN-13: 9780812214345 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1992 Annotation: "Body and Emotion" is a study of the relationship between culture and emotional distress, an examination of the cultural forces that influence, make sense of, and heal severe pain and malaise. In order to investigate this relationship, Robert R. Desjarlais served as an apprentice healer among the Yolmo Sherpa, a Tibetan Buddhist people who reside in the Helambu region of north-central Nepal. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Eastern - Social Science | Anthropology - Physical |
| Dewey: 299.54 |
| LCCN: 92023545 |
| Lexile Measure: 1410 |
| Series: Contemporary Ethnography |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.05 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Body and Emotion is a study of the relationship between culture and emotional distress, an examination of the cultural forces that influence, make sense of, and heal severe pain and malaise. In order to investigate this relationship, Robert R. Desjarlais served as an apprentice healer among the Yolmo Sherpa, a Tibetan Buddhist people who reside in the Helambu region of north-central Nepal. |