Body and Emotion : : The Aesthetics of Illness and Healing in the Nepal Himalayas / / Robert R. Desjarlais.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Desjarlais, Robert R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Contemporary Ethnography
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 27 illus.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; Note on Transcription --; 1. Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads --; 2. Body, Speech, Mind --; 3. An Aesthetics of Experience --; 4. Pain Clings to the Body --; 5. Soul Loss --; 6. The Art of Knowing --; 7. Metamorphoses --; 8. A Calling of Souls --; 9. Departures --; 10. Afterwords --; Notes --; Glossary of Terms --; References --; Index --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780812206425; 9783110649680; 9783110413458; 9783110413618; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9780812206425
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Robert R. Desjarlais.

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.