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Based on ethnographic data, this book looks at the self-fashioning of various healers and promoters of well-being. It also considers how caregivers are viewed by others, and how their identities are influenced by social and cultural factors.
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Chiefly papers presented at a conference held at the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut in Essen, Germany, in April 2003.
Edith and Victor Turner were among the most influential researchers and teachers and social and cultural anthropology in the twentieth century. This... Læs mere