Folk medicine in southern appalachia
Auteur :
Cavender, Anthony
Éditeur :
The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN :
9780807854938
Date de publication :
8 déc. 2003
Dimensions :
23,4 x 13,2 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
372 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In this comprehensive exploration of the history and practice of folk medicine in the Appalachian region, Anthony Cavender melds folklore, medical anthropology and Appalachian history and draws extensively on oral histories and archival sources from the 19th to the 21st century.