Body and Emotion

The Aesthetics of Illness and Healing in the Nepal Himalayas

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Robert R. Desjarlais ISBN: 9780812206425
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. Publication: September 16, 2011
Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press Language: English
Author: Robert R. Desjarlais
ISBN: 9780812206425
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Publication: September 16, 2011
Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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