TY  - GEN
T1  - Body and emotion : the aesthetics of illness and healing in the Nepal Himalayas
T2  - Series in contemporary ethnography.
A1  - Desjarlais, Robert R.
LA  - English
PP  - Philadelphia
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press
YR  - 1992
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm44962341
AB  - 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 northcentral Nepal. In his quest to understand illness among Yolmo villagers, especially a prevalent malady known as "soul loss," Desjarlais goes beyond an exploration of causes and cures to analyze the "aesthetics" of everyday living and their relation to bodily experience, emotional distress, and ritual healing. In contrast to other recent accounts of "symbolic healing," which posit that shamanic rites heal by manipulating the symbolic categories that define a patient, the author contends that a shaman's rites work chiefly to change how a patient feels. A concern for the sensory influences the style of the book, as Desjarlais bids for an ethnography of the tactile, the visceral, the unspoken. Body and Emotion calls for a more sentient anthropology, moves beyond meaning-centered approaches to pain and the body, and outlines the profound role of aesthetic sensibilities in everyday life. Body and Emotion is an extraordinary work that will be of particular value to students and scholars in the fields of anthropology, psychology, Asian studies, and religious studies.
OP  - 300
CN  - BL2033.5.S52 D45 1992eb
SN  - 0585196818
SN  - 9780585196817
SN  - 9780812206425
SN  - 0812206428
SN  - 9781283897310
SN  - 1283897318
SN  - 081223166X
SN  - 9780812231663
SN  - 081221434X
SN  - 9780812214345
KW  - Shamanism : Nepal : Helmu Region.
KW  - Sherpa (Nepalese people) : Religion.
KW  - Helmu Region (Nepal) : Religious life and customs.
KW  - Mental healing.
KW  - Medicine : Religious aspects.
KW  - Medicine, Traditional
KW  - Mental Healing
KW  - Religion and Medicine
KW  - Nepal
KW  - Chamanisme : Népal : Helmu (Région)
KW  - Sherpa (Peuple du Népal) : Religion.
KW  - Helmu (Népal : Région) : Vie religieuse.
KW  - Guérison par l'esprit.
KW  - Médecine : Aspect religieux.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Anthropology : General.
KW  - Mental healing
KW  - Medicine : Religious aspects
KW  - Shamanism
KW  - Sherpa (Nepalese people) : Religion
KW  - Nepal : Helmu Region
KW  - Schamanismus
KW  - Volksmedizin
KW  - Sherpa (peuple tibétain) : Religion.
KW  - Chamanisme : Népal : Helmu (région)
KW  - Ethnomédecine : Népal.
KW  - Santé mentale : Népal.
KW  - Médecine : Népal : Aspect religieux.
KW  - Népal : Vie religieuse.
KW  - Népal : Moeurs et coutumes.
KW  - Helmu (Népal ; région) : Vie religieuse.
KW  - Helmu (Népal ; région) : Mœurs et coutumes.
KW  - Helambu (Region)
KW  - Emotion.
KW  - Illness.
KW  - Spiritual healing.
KW  - Departure.
KW  - Myths.
KW  - Knowing.
KW  - Soul.
KW  - Pain.
KW  - Experience.
KW  - Aesthetics.
KW  - Speech.
KW  - Body.
KW  - Gardens.
KW  - Customs.
KW  - Religious life.
KW  - Religion.
KW  - Shamanism.
KW  - Ethnography.
ER  -