Illness and Healing Among the Sakhalin Ainu: A Symbolic Interpretation by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney

Illness and Healing Among the Sakhalin Ainu: A Symbolic Interpretation

Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney

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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 h...

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