Mal'uocchiu : : Ambiguity, Evil Eye, and the Language of Distress / / Sam Migliore.
The evil eye has received considerable attention in the literature of disciplines as diverse as anthropology and medicine. Researchers have attempted to identify and explain this essentially ambiguous and variable phenomenon from a number of perspectives – as a culture-bound syndrome, an idiom of di...
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