Out of Place : Madness in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea

The Kakoli of the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), the focus of this study, did not traditionally have a concept of mental illness. They classified madness according to social behaviour, not mental pathology. Moreover, their conception of the person did not recognise the same physical an...
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Autor*in:

Goddard, Michael [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

New York Oxford: Berghahn Books ; 2011

©2011

Rechteinformationen:

Restricted Access

Schlagwörter:

Ethnopsychology, Papua New Guinea, Western Highlands Province

Medical anthropology, Papua New Guinea

Papuans, Mental health, Papua New Guinea, Western Highlands Province

Papuans, Psychology, Papua New Guinea, Western Highlands Province

Papuans, Social conditions, Papua New Guinea, Western Highlands Province

Psychiatry, Transcultural, Papua New Guinea, Western Highlands Province

Psychiatry, Transcultural, Papua New Guinea

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social

Umfang:

1 Online-Ressource (200 p.)

Reihe:

Social Identities ; 6

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ISBN:

978-0-85745-095-1

DOI / URN:

10.1515/9780857450951

Katalog-ID:

1822469252

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