Suffering and sentiment: exploring the vicissitudes of experience and pain in yap
Auteur :
Throop, Jason
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520260580
Date de publication :
8 févr. 2010
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
499 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Examines the cultural and personal experiences of chronic and acute pain sufferers in an account of everyday beliefs, values, and practices on the island of Yap (Waqab), Federated States of Micronesia. This title focuses on how pain is implicated in the fashioning of particular Yapese understandings of ethical subjectivity and right action.