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Author Stewart, Pamela J

Title Humors and substances : ideas of the body in New Guinea / Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern ; with contributions by Ien Courtens and Dianne van Oosterhout
Published Westport, Ct. : Bergin & Garvey, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (x, 156 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction: gathering the threads of the flow of life / Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern -- The scent of sweat: notions of witchcraft and morality in Inanwatan / Dianne van Oosterhout -- The Manes Kaya healing rite: blood, sago, and sacred cloths for the ancestors / Ien Courtens -- A comparative discussion of witchcraft and healing rituals / Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern -- Substance transfer: conception, growth, and nurturance in highlands Papua New Guinea / Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern -- The Wöp cult: water power / Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern -- Mind substance / Pamea J Stewart, Andrew Strathern -- Conclusion: mediating opposites / Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Ethnology -- New Guinea.
Human body -- Social aspects -- New Guinea
Body fluids -- Social aspects -- New Guinea
Rites and ceremonies -- New Guinea
Body fluids.
Mental healing.
Medicine, Traditional
Body Fluids
Human Body
Mental Healing
Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical
Mental healing
Body fluids
Ethnology
Human body -- Social aspects
Manners and customs
Rites and ceremonies
Menselijk lichaam.
Riten.
Papoea's.
SUBJECT New Guinea -- Social life and customs
Papua New Guinea
Subject New Guinea
Form Electronic book
Author Strathern, Andrew
LC no. 00031204
ISBN 0313096937
9780313096938
Other Titles Ideas of the body in New Guinea