Illness and Healing among the Sakhalin Ainu

Emiko (Professor) Ohnuki-Tierney

Cambridge University Press, 2014

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Originally published in 1981, this book explores the issue of how a society understands human illness in the absence of a germ theory. This is done through an interpretation of the illness categories and healing practices of the Sakhalin Ainu, a hunting and gathering people resettled in Japan.

ISBN-13
9781107634787
ISBN-10
1107634784
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2014
Publication date
2014-05-08
Pages
262
Dimensions
229x152x14
Weight
36